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然 しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ 自然(しぜん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) naturally; spontaneously当然(とうぜん): natural; as a matter of course依然(いぜん): still; as yet; as it has been天然(てんねん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) natural airhead突然(とつぜん): abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once偶然(ぐうぜん): (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity全然(ぜんぜん): (1) not at all (with neg. verb) (2) wholly; entirely; completely公然(こうぜん): open (e.g. secret); public; official; overt自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science断然(だんぜん): firmly; absolutely; definitely必然(ひつぜん): (1) inevitable; necessary; certain; sure (2) inevitability; necessity漠然(ばくぜん): obscure; vague; equivocal然し(しかし): however; but然して(そして): and; and then; thus; and now然も(しかも): moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet然うして(そうして): and; like that然う(そう): (1) in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such (2) so (used to express agreement with something said) (3) so? (used to express some doubt with something said)整然(せいぜん): orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim; tidy; accurate然も(さも): (1) really; extremely (2) in that way然程(さほど): not so; not particularly; not very; not that much呆然(ぼうぜん): dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze 4 月: month; moon犬: dog火: fire 火 4 (none) sort of thing There are all sorts of things in hot dogs. (I use hot dog for this primitive (meat of a dog over a cooking fire). I swear I can actually see the 月 here as a hot dog, with its slight curve and grill marks.).

Accepted Answer

ゼン、ネン sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well 3 401 12 86 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが 会意 Compound Ideographic Flesh of a dog over a cooking fire = "hotdog". There are all sorts of things in hot dogs. Believe me, you don´t want to know what sort of things . Visualize the hotdog curling as it cooks, to remember the unusual way the flesh primitive curves in this kanji. (tweaked version of ziggr´s. Thanks!).

Kanji	然
Onyomi	ゼン、ネン
Kunyomi	しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ
English	sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Examples	自然(しぜん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) naturally; spontaneously 当然(とうぜん): natural; as a matter of course 依然(いぜん): still; as yet; as it has been 天然(てんねん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) natural airhead 突然(とつぜん): abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once 偶然(ぐうぜん): (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity 全然(ぜんぜん): (1) not at all (with neg. verb) (2) wholly; entirely; completely 公然(こうぜん): open (e.g. secret); public; official; overt 自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science 断然(だんぜん): firmly; absolutely; definitely 必然(ひつぜん): (1) inevitable; necessary; certain; sure (2) inevitability; necessity 漠然(ばくぜん): obscure; vague; equivocal 然し(しかし): however; but 然して(そして): and; and then; thus; and now 然も(しかも): moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet 然うして(そうして): and; like that 然う(そう): (1) in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such (2) so (used to express agreement with something said) (3) so? (used to express some doubt with something said) 整然(せいぜん): orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim; tidy; accurate 然も(さも): (1) really; extremely (2) in that way 然程(さほど): not so; not particularly; not very; not that much 呆然(ぼうぜん): dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	401
Components	月: month; moon 犬: dog 火: fire
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	火
Radical Number	86
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	sort of thing
Koohii Story 1	Flesh of a dog over a cooking fire = "hotdog". There are all sorts of things in hot dogs. Believe me, you don´t want to know what sort of things . Visualize the hotdog curling as it cooks, to remember the unusual way the flesh primitive curves in this kanji. (tweaked version of ziggr´s. Thanks!).
Koohii Story 2	There are all sorts of things in hot dogs. (I use hot dog for this primitive (meat of a dog over a cooking fire). I swear I can actually see the 月 here as a hot dog, with its slight curve and grill marks.).

Dog Hot Sort Things Nature Spontaneity Natural Neg