然 — natural, so, as it is

ぜん然 natural

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

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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せん・ぜん sen 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) 痘(とう) tennentou smallpox

つれ・づれ tsure Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

徒(つれ) 然(づれ) tsurezure tedium

Appears in idioms

理路整然四字熟語

reason path, organize sort of thing

旧態依然四字熟語

old state, as before

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つき月 moon #74

いぬ犬 dog #94

灬 fire dots

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もえる燃 burn

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#86 火 fire

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word

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

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).

つれ・づれ tsure Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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然 — natural, so, as it is

Meanings

Readings

word

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

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).

つれ ・づれ tsure Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

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

つれ・づれ tsure Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).