然而 rán’ér however

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Stroke order

然而 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

然而 — the Chinese character for however (rán’ér), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 然而 — however

然 — 12 strokes
而 — 6 strokes

Characters in 然而

然 rán — correct; right; so
而 ér — and; as well as; and so

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

他很努力，然而没有成功。Tā hěn nǔlì, rán'ér méiyǒu chénggōng.He worked hard; however, he did not succeed.
天气不好，然而我们还是出发了。Tiānqì bù hǎo, rán'ér wǒmen háishi chūfā le.The weather was bad; however, we set out all the same.

Related words

然而 is pronounced rán’ér and means “however”.

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