然 — natural, so, as it is

ぜん然 natural

ぜん

U+7136 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #401 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #256 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

natural
so
as it is
sort of thing

Readings

On'yomi: ぜん zen ねん nen
Kun'yomi: しか shika さ sa

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ぜん zen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

然(ぜん) zen so 当(とう) 然(ぜん) touzen naturally 全(ぜん) 然(ぜん) zenzen not at all 自(し) 然(ぜん) shizen nature 必(ひつ) 然(ぜん) hitsuzen inevitable 不(ふ) 自(し) 然(ぜん) fushizen unnatural 公(こう) 然(ぜん) kouzen openly 同(どう) 然(ぜん) douzen as good as

ねん nen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

天(てん) 然(ねん) tennen natural 天(てん) 然(ねん) ガス tennengasu natural gas 天(てん) 然(ねん) 記(き) 念(ねん) 物(ぶつ) tennenkinenbutsu natural monument 天(てん) 然(ねん) 温(おん) 泉(せん) tennenonsen natural hot spring 天(てん) 然(ねん) 痘(とう) tennentou smallpox

づれ zure

徒(つれ) 然(づれ) tsurezure tedium

Words by frequency and grade

32 words

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