Read Edit View history 然 rán HSK2 yes Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 肰 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burn", now written as 燃. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas rán ×ran × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 灬 is a component form of 火. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 然 Simp strokes 然 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 然 Simp strokes 然 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 然 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 331, 790 ], [ 345, 780 ], [ 364, 747 ], [ 347, 705 ], [ 274, 583 ], [ 228, 522 ], [ 182, 477 ] ], [ [ 321, 603 ], [ 364, 603 ], [ 372, 609 ], [ 431, 616 ], [ 453, 613 ], [ 466, 598 ], [ 434, 503 ], [ 376, 401 ], [ 322, 329 ], [ 282, 287 ], [ 198, 225 ] ], [ [ 294, 529 ], [ 325, 511 ], [ 353, 484 ] ], [ [ 223, 458 ], [ 278, 407 ], [ 285, 378 ] ], [ [ 507, 505 ], [ 575, 505 ], [ 747, 545 ], [ 800, 541 ] ], [ [ 599, 814 ], [ 646, 768 ], [ 632, 555 ], [ 610, 420 ], [ 582, 358 ], [ 536, 301 ], [ 474, 263 ], [ 399, 237 ] ], [ [ 645, 450 ], [ 650, 424 ], [ 687, 377 ], [ 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