竟然 — stroke order
Learn how to write 竟然 (jìngrán), which means “unexpectedly”. It is written with 2 characters and 23 strokes in total. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 竟 | jìng | ㄐㄧㄥˋ | finally, after all, at last | 11 |
| 然 | rán | ㄖㄢˊ | certainly | 12 |