然 — kanji meaning “sort of thing”
然
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
- Meanings
- sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
- On'yomi
- ゼン (zen)、ネン (nen)
- Kun'yomi
- しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #401 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- rán — Chinese character page
Words with 然
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 当然 | とうぜん touzen | natural; right; proper |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん zenzen | (not) at all; (not) in the slightest |
| 突然 | とつぜん totsuzen | abrupt; sudden; unexpected |
| 天然 | てんねん tennen | nature; spontaneity |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん guuzen | coincidence; chance; accident |
| 不自然 | ふしぜん fushizen | unnatural; artificial; affected |
| 依然 | いぜん izen | still; as yet; as it has been |
| 必然 | ひつぜん hitsuzen | inevitable; necessary; certain |
| 断然 | だんぜん danzen | firmly; flatly; resolutely |
| 公然 | こうぜん kouzen | open; public; official |
| 未然 | みぜん mizen | before it happens; beforehand |
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