居然 jūrán actually

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Stroke order

居然 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

居然 — the Chinese character for actually (jūrán), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 居然 — actually

居 — 8 strokes
然 — 12 strokes

Senses

unexpectedly
to one's surprise
go so far as to

Characters in 居然

居 jū — (literary) to reside; to live; (bound form) to occupy (a position); (literary) to store up
然 rán — correct; right; so

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

Related words

居然 is pronounced jūrán and means “actually”.

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