依然
いぜん · izen · JLPT N3 · na-adj
still
依 according to + 然 so it is = things stay as they were
It sounds the same as 以前 (izen, before), so a handy line is: izen (still) is how things were izen (before). 依 also appears in 依存 (depend on), meaning to keep going along with something.
依 — person radical 亻 + clothing 衣
A semantic-phonetic compound: 亻(person) gives the meaning of relying on someone, while 衣 (yī, clothing) supplies the sound. The original sense pictured a person leaning on or wrapped in clothing, extended to the modern meanings of 'rely on,' 'depend on,' and 'according to.'