Jisho

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厳

17 strokes
Radical:
cliff 厂
Parts:
厂 尚 耳 乞 攵
Variants:
嚴
stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
Kun:
おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし
On:
ゲン、 ゴン
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

律

9 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
彳 聿
rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
On:
リツ、 リチ、 レツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 律 【リツ】 law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation, vinaya (rules for the monastic community), Ritsu (school of Buddhism), lüshi (style of Chinese poem), (musical) pitch, six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)
  • 律令 【リツリョウ】 ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
  • 一律 【イチリツ】 uniform, even, across-the-board, equal
  • 自律 【ジリツ】 autonomy (in Kantian ethics), self-control
  • 律儀 【リチギ】 upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere
  • 律義者 【リチギモノ】 honest person, conscientious person
  • 呂律 【ロレツ】 articulation

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
ryul

Spanish

  • ley
  • regulación
  • regla
  • ritmo (musical)

Portuguese

  • ritmo
  • lei
  • regulamento
  • medida
  • controle

French

  • rythme
  • ordonner
  • loi
  • régulation
  • contrôle
  • jauge
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1003 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
993 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1048 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
526 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
627 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
268 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
883 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10097 Morohashi
363 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 New Nelson (John Haig)
874 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
939 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
895 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2055 2001 Kanji
3i6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2520.7 Four corner code
1-46-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8b Unicode hex code