Hanja Analyzer
然

然 — yeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
그럴 연
Romanization
yeon
English
yes, certainly; pledge, promise
Mandarin
rán
Japanese on'yomi
ゼン, ネン
Japanese kun'yomi
しか しか.り しか.し さ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#401 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
火 (86, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+7136

How 然 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 然 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肰, 火.

Korean example words with 然

  • 연후然後 Korean gloss: 그런 뒤
  • 미연未然 Korean gloss: 어떤 일이 아직 그렇게 되지 않은 때
  • 필연必然 Korean gloss: 사물의 관련이나 일의 결과가 반드시 그렇게 될 수밖에 없음
  • 당연當然 Korean gloss: 일의 앞뒤 사정을 놓고 볼 때 마땅히 그러함. 또는 그런 일
  • 개연蓋然 Korean gloss: 확실하게 단정할 수는 없지만 대개 그럴 것이라고 생각되는 상태
  • 자연自然 Korean gloss: 사람의 힘이 더해지지 아니하고 스스로 존재하거나 저절로 이루어진다는 뜻을 나타내는 말
  • 졸연猝然 Korean gloss: 갑작스럽게
  • 율연하다慄然 Korean gloss: 두려워 떨다
  • 감연하다敢然 Korean gloss: 과감하고 용감하다
  • 묵연하다默然 Korean gloss: 잠잠히 말이 없다
  • 숙연하다肅然 Korean gloss: 고요하고 엄숙하다
  • 올연兀然 Korean gloss: 홀로 우뚝한 모양

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 然

  • 自然しぜん nature; natural; spontaneous
  • 当然とうぜん natural; right; proper
  • 依然いぜん still; as yet; as it has been
  • 依然としていぜんとして still; as yet; as of old
  • 天然てんねん nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
  • 突然とつぜん abrupt; sudden; unexpected
  • 天然ガスてんねんガス natural gas
  • 不自然ふしぜん unnatural; artificial; affected
  • 偶然ぐうぜん coincidence; chance; accident
  • 天然記念物てんねんきねんぶつ natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
  • 全然ぜんぜん (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly
  • 未然みぜん before it happens; beforehand

Characters sharing the phonetic 然

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “연” in Korean.

Other hanja read “연”

Other hanja with radical 火

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