Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
cliff
Parts:
Variants:
stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
638 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 厳 【ゲン】 strict, stern
  • 厳格 【ゲンカク】 strict, severe, stern, rigid, rigorous, tough
  • 謹厳 【キンゲン】 stern, grave, solemn, sobersided
  • 冷厳 【レイゲン】 grim, stern, stark, heartless
  • 華厳 【ケゴン】 avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha), Avatamska sutra, Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
  • 荘厳 【ショウゴン】 decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple), adorning

Kun reading compounds

  • 厳か 【おごそか】 solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.), austere, grave, majestic, dignified, stately, impressive
  • 厳しい 【きびしい】 severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless, hard (to do), difficult, tricky, intense (e.g. cold), harsh (weather), inclement
  • 厳しい暑さ 【きびしいあつさ】 intense heat
  • 厳めしい 【いかめしい】 stern, grave, austere, imposing, dignified, formidable, solemn, majestic, strict (e.g. security), severe, firm, rigid, rigorous

Readings

Japanese names:
いつ、 いづ、 きゅうら、 とし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
eom

Spanish

  • solemne
  • austero
  • severo
  • rígido
  • estricto

Portuguese

  • severo
  • estrito
  • seriedade
  • rigidez

French

  • strict
  • sévère
  • rigide
776 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
865 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1055 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
253 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
817 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1118 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2706 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
822 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1190 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
519 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2068 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1955 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3048P Morohashi
3289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
663 New Nelson (John Haig)
1936 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2086 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
998 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
966 2001 Kanji
3n14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-12 SKIP code
9024.8 Four corner code
3224.8 Four corner code
1-24-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53b3 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
be aggravated, grow worse, grow bulky, swell
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嵩高 【スウコウ】 lofty (of a mountain), tall

Kun reading compounds

  • 嵩 【かさ】 bulk, volume, quantity
  • 嵩上げ 【かさあげ】 raising (an embankment, levee, etc.), increasing (a budget, fees, etc.), raising, inflating (figures), padding (an expense account, bill, etc.)
  • 水かさ 【みずかさ】 volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
  • 年嵩 【としかさ】 senior, older, elderly
  • 嵩む 【かさむ】 to mount up, to pile up, to accumulate, to increase

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし、 たか、 たけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song1
Korean:
sung

Spanish

  • irritado
  • exasperado
  • hincharse
  • alto

Portuguese

French

1433 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2057 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2927 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1504 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2035 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8348 Morohashi
2331 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1502 New Nelson (John Haig)
2224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2334 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3o10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-5-8 SKIP code
2222.7 Four corner code
1-31-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d69 Unicode hex code