Meanings
- sort of thing
- so
- if so
- in that case
- well
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#401 of 2,500
Kanji N3
然: sort of thing, so, if so
然 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning sort of thing, so, if so, written with 12 strokes. It is read ゼン, ネン (on) and しか, しかり, しかし (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 自然 (しぜん, nature) and 天然 (てんねん, nature).
然
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ゼン
- ネン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- しか
- しかり
- しかし
- さ
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 然
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N4
- 然るしかるJLPT N4
that kind of; such a
- 然ししかしJLPT N5
however; but
- 然もしかもJLPT N3
moreover; furthermore
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