果 guǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
果然
guǒrán
sure enough; as expected
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你果然来了。 Nǐ guǒrán lái le. You came, just as expected.
- 果然很好吃。 Guǒrán hěn hǎochī. It really is delicious.
- 他果然没错。 Tā guǒrán méi cuò. He really was not wrong.