厳
strict; stern; strictness; severity; rigidity
17 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 638.
Readings
- きびしい (kun reading): 厳しい (きびしい) severe; 厳しさ (きびしさ) severity
- ゲン (on reading): 厳密 (げんみつ) strict; 厳選 (げんせん) careful selection
- ゴン (on reading): 荘厳 (そうごん) solemn; 華厳 (けごん) avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha)
- おごそか (kun reading): 厳か (おごそか) solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.)
- いかめしい (kun reading)
- いつくし (kun reading)
Components
- ⺍
- 厂
- 敢
- 乞 radical beg
- 厂 radical cliff
- ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
- 耳 radical ear
Kanji containing 厳
- 巌 rock
Words using 厳
- 厳しい (きびしい) severe
- 厳しさ (きびしさ) severity
- 手厳しい (てきびしい) harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.)
- 厳しい暑さ (きびしいあつさ) intense heat
- 厳しい批評 (きびしいひひょう) severe criticism
- 厳密 (げんみつ) strict
- 厳選 (げんせん) careful selection
- 厳格 (げんかく) strict
- 尊厳 (そんげん) dignity
- 厳正 (げんせい) strict
- 荘厳 (そうごん) solemn
- 華厳 (けごん) avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha)
- 華厳経 (けごんきょう) Avatamska sutra
- 華厳宗 (けごんしゅう) Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
- 荘厳 (しょうごん) decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple)
- 厳か (おごそか) solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.)
- 厳瓮 (いつへ) sacred jar
82 words in all.