严 Yán

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

嚴 yán

Contains the radical

一 yī

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Positional decomposition

⿻亚厂

Explanation

Simplified form of 嚴 yán . Phonosemantic compound. 喦 niè represents the meaning and 敢 gǎn represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "boast". The meaning later shifted to "extremely" and "severe". The traditional component 敢 gǎn was removed for simplification.

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德国 Dé guó 人 rén 早已 zǎo yǐ 严阵以待,他们 tā men 憋足了 le 气 qì , 还击 huán jī 起来 qǐlai 绝 jué 不 bù 手软 shǒu ruǎn .

The German lines are aroused and furious, return the fire cruelly.

破 pò 窗子 chuāng zi 使 shǐ 我们 wǒmen 置身于零 líng 下 xià 温度 wēndù 的 de 严寒 yánhán 之中 zhī zhōng .

The broken windows left us exposed to the sub - zero temperatures.

她 tā 那部关于 guānyú 战争 zhànzhēng 的 de 著 zhù 述 shù 之前 zhī qián 有 yǒu 几 jī 页 yè 论证 lùnzhèng 严谨 yán jǐn 的 de 序言 xùyán .

Several pages of closely reasoned argument preface her account of the war.

这里 zhè lǐ 气候 qìhòu 温和 wēnhé , 冬 dōng 无 wú 严寒 yánhán ,夏 Xià 无 wú 酷暑 kù shǔ .

Here a mild climate, with cold winter and summer without the heat.

他 tā 被 bèi 认为 rènwéi 是 shì 严肃 yánsù 的 de 演员 yǎnyuán , 但 dàn 观众 guānzhòng 却 què 把 bǎ 他 tā 哄 hōng 下 xià 了 le 台 Tái .

He was supposed to be a serious performer, but the crowd laughed him off the stage.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 严 Yán in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
严重 yánzhòng	grave	嚴重
严格 yángé	strict	嚴格
严肃 yánsù	solemn	嚴肅
尊严 zūnyán	dignity	尊嚴
严 Yán	stern	嚴 yán
严厉 yánlì	severe	嚴厲
严密 yánmì	strict	嚴密
严峻 yánjùn	grim	嚴峻
严禁 yánjìn	to strictly prohibit	嚴禁
严谨 yán jǐn	rigorous	嚴謹
庄严 zhuāngyán	solemn	莊嚴
严重性 yán zhòng xìng	seriousness	嚴重性
严酷 yán kù	bitter	嚴酷
森严 sēn yán	strict	森嚴
从严 cóng yán	strict	從嚴
严惩 yán chéng	to punish severely	嚴懲
威严 wēi yán	dignified	威嚴
严寒 yánhán	bitter cold	嚴寒
严刑 yán xíng	strict law	嚴刑
戒严 jiè yán	to impose martial law	戒嚴
严严实实 yán yán shí shí	(sealed) tightly	嚴嚴實實
严守 yán shǒu	to strictly maintain	嚴守
严正 yán zhèng	sternly	嚴正
严防 yán fáng	on your guard	嚴防