Ziran
Ziran (Chinese: 自然) is a key concept in Daoism that literally means "of its own; by itself" and thus "naturally; natural; spontaneously; freely; in the course of events; of course; doubtlessly". This Chinese word is a two-character compound of zi (自) "nose; self; oneself; from; since" and ran (然) "right; correct; so; yes", which is used as a -ran suffix marking adjectives or adverbs (roughly corresponding to English -ly). In Chinese culture, the nose (or zi) is a common metaphor for a person's point of view.
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| Chinese | 自然 | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | tự nhiên | ||||||||||
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| Hangul | 자연 | ||||||||||
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| Kanji | 自然 | ||||||||||
| Kana | じねん, しぜん | ||||||||||
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