然

rán
#55 most
frequent character
correct, right, so, thus, like this

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

然 has 灬 fire as a picture part and 肰 rán as its sound part. It first meant 'to burn'. The meaning 'like this, like' was borrowed for the sound, and 然 later appeared in many common words.

Drawn as: fire

然 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
燃
sound1 character
燃

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Grammar Points

Expressing "however" with "ran'er"

Homophones

燃rán
to burn, to ignite, to light

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