然

meaningsort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

On'yomi
ゼン、ネン
Kun'yomi
しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ
Strokes
12
Taught in
Japanese grade 4
Frequency
#401 most common in newspapers

Words it lives in

然
  • 自然しぜんnature
  • 当然とうぜんnatural
  • 依然いぜんstill
  • 天然てんねんnature
  • 突然とつぜんabrupt
  • 天然ガスてんねんガスnatural gas
  • 不自然ふしぜんunnatural
  • 偶然ぐうぜんcoincidence

然 is one square on the grid of 2,136. Three a day, quizzed through real words.

Start your grid