Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
discreet, reverently, humbly
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 謹慎 【キンシン】 self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline, confinement (esp. to one's home), house arrest, suspension (from work or school)
  • 謹賀新年 【キンガシンネン】 Happy New Year
  • 細謹 【サイキン】 slight flaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • discreto
  • respetuoso
  • humilde
  • ser discreto
  • ser respetuoso
  • ser humilde

Portuguese

  • discreto
  • reverentemente
  • humildemente

French

  • révérencieusement
  • humblement
  • discret
1180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1835 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1151 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1769 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2645 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1705 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35850P Morohashi
1618 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1698 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
7a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0461.4 Four corner code
1-22-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b39 Unicode hex code

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