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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Kunyomi: しか, しか.り, しか.し, さ

Onyomi: ゼン, ネン

Composition: 月 犬 灬

然

Radical

Radical: 火

Reading: れっか

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

全然(ぜんぜん)   not at all

偶然(ぐうぜん)   by chance

突然(とつぜん)   suddenly

当然(とうぜん)   as a matter of course

自然(しぜん)   nature

平然と(へいぜんと)   calmly

Onyomi Examples

然 (ゼン) -like

然諾 (ゼンダク) consent, saying yes

必然 (ヒツゼン) inevitable, necessary, certain, sure, inevitability, necessity

漠然 (バクゼン) vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous

寂然 (セキゼン) lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation

自然 (ジネン) occurring naturally (without human influence)

Kunyomi Examples

然 (しか) like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh

然し (しかし) however, but

然り (しかり) yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so

然し (しかし) however, but

而して (そして) and, and then, thus, and now, and finally

然 (さ) so, like that, in that way

然らば (さらば) farewell, goodbye, adieu, if so, in that case, then, and (then)

然然 (ささ) such and such

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