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Kanji Information Sheet for 然 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 火 (ひ) – fire
Henshall Mnemonic: duly eat roast dog meat, but . . .
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #401 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #401 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 当然 [とうぜん]
(adj-na,adv,n) naturally; as a matter of course [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自然 [しぜん]
(adj-na,adv,n) nature; spontaneous [K] [D] [Jisho] - 然も [しかも]
(conj) (uk) moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然 [てんねん]
(n) nature; spontaneity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 偶然 [ぐうぜん]
(adj-na,adj-no,n-adv,n) (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 突然 [とつぜん]
(adj-na,adj-no,adv) abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly; all at once [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 漠然 [ばくぜん]
(adj-na,n) obscure; vague; equivocal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 必然 [ひつぜん]
(n) inevitable; necessary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 断然 [だんぜん]
(adj-na,adv,n) firmly; absolutely; definitely [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公然 [こうぜん]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) open (e.g. secret); public; official [K] [D] [Jisho] - 依然 [いぜん]
(adv,n) still; as yet [K] [D] [Jisho] - 然し [しかし]
(conj) (uk) however; but [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 漠然と [ばくぜんと]
vaguely [K] [D] [Jisho] - 未然 [みぜん]
(n) before it happens; previously [K] [D] [Jisho] - 敢然 [かんぜん]
(adj-na,adv,n) boldly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 寂然 [せきぜん]
(adj-na,n) lonely; desolate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 必然的 [ひつぜんてき]
(adj-na) inevitable; necessary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同然 [どうぜん]
(adj-na,n) similar to; same; right; proper; just; natural [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公然と [こうぜんと]
openly; publicly; officially; overtly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 騒然 [そうぜん]
(adj-na,n) noisy; confused; uproarious [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自然に [しぜんに]
naturally; smoothly; spontaneously [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自然界 [しぜんかい]
(n) nature; the natural world; realm of nature [K] [D] [Jisho] - 依然として [いぜんとして]
(adv,exp) still; as yet; as of old [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不自然 [ふしぜん]
(adj-na,n) unnatural; artificial; affected; strained [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然ガス [てんねんガス]
(n) natural gas [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然記念物 [てんねんきねんぶつ]
(n) natural monument [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天然痘 [てんねんとう]
(n) smallpox; variola [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大自然 [だいしぜん]
(n) nature; Mother Nature [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴然 [れきぜん]
(adj-na,n) evident [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴然と [れきぜんと]
(adv) evident [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.