然

然 — sort of thing, so, if so

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 12
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #401 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぜん zen

ねん nen
Kun'yomi: しか shika

しか.り shika.ri

しか.し shika.shi

さ sa

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 然

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