漢字Kanji · in Communication & Thought
厳: stern, strictness
Also: severity, rigidity
JLPT N117 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
厂 carries the meaning · ⺍ and 敢 are drawn in
17 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ゲンgen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 厳冬げんとうsevere winter
- 威厳いげんdignity
- 戒厳令かいげんれいmartial law
- 厳格なげんかくなsevere, strict, rigid
- 厳密なげんみつなaccurate
- 厳重なげんじゅうなstrict, austere
- 厳守するげんしゅするobserve (a rule) strictly
ゴンgon · on'yomi
- 荘厳なそうごんなsolemn, sublime, majestic
おごそかogosoka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 厳かなおごそかなsolemn
きびしいkibishii · kun'yomi
- 厳しいきびしいintense (e.g. cold), severe, strict
Also read いかめしい, いつくし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)喦 talkative (meaning) + 敢 daring (sound)
The original script of 譀 (“exaggerated and absurd words”).
Source: Wiktionary, 嚴 (rev. 93447684), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Tsu crown (⺍) + cliff/rock + dare. A "severe" and "strict" attitude, as intense as "sparks" flying from a "cliff" or a difficult task.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ゴン
7 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 严 · traditional 嚴 · yán
Three different forms: Japanese 厳, simplified 严, traditional 嚴.
- Simplified
- 严 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嚴 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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