厳

See also 嚴, and 严

Translingual

shinjitai	厳
simplified	严
traditional	嚴

Etymology

Japanese Simplified from 嚴 (吅 → a component which cannot be displayed independently) (compare 単, from 單).

Beware that interior component is 敢 – the left component is 耳 with a top, not a 目 (contrast with 首, 頁).

Han character

厳 (radical 27 厂+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火一一十大 (FMMJK), 火一弓十大 (FMNJK))

1. strict, rigorous, rigid
2. stern

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 163, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3048
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 47, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53B3

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Japanese

Kanji

厳 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: げん (gen), ごん (gon)
• Kun: きびしい (kibishii), おごそか (ogosoka), いつくし (itsukushi)
• Style: Shinjitai

Adjective

厳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 嚴, hiragana げん, romaji gen)

1. strict, stern

Usage notes

This is a taru adjective.

Adverb

厳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 嚴, hiragana げん, romaji gen)

1. strictly, sternly

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Korean

Hanja

厳 (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune-Reischauer ŏm)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

厳 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)