居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
居然
jūrán
unexpectedly
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
- 他居然来了。 Tā jū rán lái le. He actually came.
- 你居然会做。 Nǐ jū rán huì zuò. You can actually do it.
- 今天居然下雪。 Jīn tiān jū rán xià xuě. It is actually snowing today.