Memory phrase for the character: 然

然

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Meaning

correct, right so, thus, like this, -ly

Pronunciation

rán

Explanation

 Top: dog meat 肰 (body 月/肉, dog 犬), below: fire 灬 [犬 = The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶]

Mnemonic
 
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...

Radicals

肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
犬 dogShows a big 大 person with with outspread arms who holds a small dog 丶
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.




 Vocabulary

阉然 yān rán  covertly; secretly
猝然 cù rán  suddenly; abruptly
翩然而至 piān rán ér zhì  come trippingly
蓦然 mò rán  suddenly; sudden
悍然 hàn rán  outrageous; brazen; flagrant
黯然 àn rán  dim; sad
黯然销魂 àn rán xiāo hún  overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting
焕然一新 huàn rán yī xīn  to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
恍然 huǎng rán  suddenly (understand sth); in a flash
怅然 chàng rán  disappointed and frustrated
盎然 àng rán  abundant; full; overflowing; exuberant
 

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