HSK 2 · Change

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

Stroke order of 忽然

2 characters, 20 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

忽 · 8 strokes然 · 12 strokes

Memory trick

A heart (心) in a moment (勿) and fire (然): suddenly.

Parts: 忽 sudden (勿 + 心 heart) + 然 so (灬 fire)

Example sentence

天忽然黑了。

It suddenly got dark.

Words with 然

大自然nature 然后then; after that 虽然although 自然nature; natural; naturally 当然of course 果然as expected; sure enough 必然inevitable; certainly 显然obviously 仍然still 突然sudden; suddenly

More words: Change

变to change; to become 变成to turn into 成to become; to succeed 成为to become 改to change; to correct 改变to change 换to change; to exchange 出现to appear 实现to achieve; to realise 完成to complete 完to finish; finished 做到to achieve; to manage to do 取得to obtain; to achieve 组成to form; to make up

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