然
-ly; sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well
12 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 401.
Readings
- ゼン (on reading): 全然 (ぜんぜん) (not) at all; 突然 (とつぜん) abrupt
- ネン (on reading): 天然 (てんねん) nature; 天然資源 (てんねんしげん) natural resources
- しかり (kun reading): 然り (しかり) yes; 逆もまた然り (ぎゃくもまたしかり) vice versa
- さ (kun reading): 然 (さ) so; 然れども (されども) nevertheless
- しか (kun reading): 然るが故に (しかるがゆえに) as such; 然る上は (しかるうえは) now that it is as such
- しかし (kun reading)
Components
Kanji containing 然
Words using 然
- 全然 (ぜんぜん) (not) at all
- 突然 (とつぜん) abrupt
- 自然 (しぜん) nature
- 当然 (とうぜん) natural
- 偶然 (ぐうぜん) coincidence
- 天然 (てんねん) nature
- 天然資源 (てんねんしげん) natural resources
- 天然ガス (てんねんガス) natural gas
- 天然記念物 (てんねんきねんぶつ) natural monument
- 天然痘 (てんねんとう) smallpox
- 然り (しかり) yes
- 逆もまた然り (ぎゃくもまたしかり) vice versa
- 逆も然り (ぎゃくもしかり) vice versa
- 然 (さ) so
- 然れども (されども) nevertheless
- 然る者 (さるもの) formidable person
- 然有り (さあり) it is so
- 然だに (さだに) were it to at least be as such
- 然るが故に (しかるがゆえに) as such
- 然る上は (しかるうえは) now that it is as such
- 然るを (しかるを) even so
- 然らしめる (しからしめる) to put into a state
- 徒然草 (つれづれぐさ) Essays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352)
- 徒然 (つれづれ) tedium
- 灼然 (いやちこ) clear (miracle, sign from the Gods) manifest
- 徒然なるままに (つれづれなるままに) at a loose end
428 words in all.