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

6 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
577 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 存続 【ソンゾク】 continuance, survival, persistence, retention, duration
  • 存在 【ソンザイ】 existence, being, presence
  • 残存 【ザンゾン】 survival, remaining, being extant, being left
  • 共存 【キョウゾン】 coexistence
  • 存分 【ゾンブン】 to one's heart's content, as much as one likes, without reserve, freely, to the full
  • 存じる 【ゾンジル】 to know, to be aware (of), to be acquainted (with), to think, to consider, to believe, to feel
  • 温存 【オンゾン】 preservation, retainment, keeping
  • 共存 【キョウゾン】 coexistence

Kun reading compounds

  • 永らえる 【ながらえる】 to have a long life, to live a long time

Readings

Japanese names:
あり、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cun2
Korean:
jon

Spanish

  • existir
  • proteger
  • conocer
  • suponer

Portuguese

  • supor
  • estar atento
  • acreditar
  • sentir

French

  • supposer
  • être conscient de
  • croire
  • sentir
836 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
938 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
926 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
724 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1267 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
405 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
455 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
313 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
269 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
269 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
587 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
458 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3702 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2575 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
691 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6943 Morohashi
2982 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 New Nelson (John Haig)
684 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
739 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
431 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
846 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
2c3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
3-2-3 SKIP code
3-3-2 SKIP code
4024.7 Four corner code
1-34-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b58 Unicode hex code