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Simplified: 严

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

yán ㄧㄢˊ

    • tight (closely sealed)
    • stern
    • strict
    • rigorous
    • severe
    • father
    • surname Yan

Other words read yán

In the same tone

  • 言 yán words
  • 鹽 yán salt
  • 沿 yán along
  • 岩 yán cliff
  • 檐 yán eaves

All 25 words read yán

yan with other tones

  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 廣 guǎng wide
  • 煙 yān smoke
  • 菸 yān tobacco
  • 演 yǎn perform

All 97 words read yan in any tone

How 嚴 is written

    部首 radical
    口
    笔画 strokes
    19, with 17 after the 部首 The drawing takes 20 strokes, writing 厂敢 in another form.
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    口口厂敢

    Words with 嚴

    Starting with 嚴

    All 50 words starting with 嚴

    Ending with 嚴

    All 18 words ending with 嚴

    Containing 嚴

    • 華嚴宗 huáyánzōng Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra
    • 華嚴經 huáyánjīng Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school
    • 戒嚴令 jièyánlìng martial law
    • 形勢嚴峻 xíngshìyánjùn in grave difficulties
    • 戒嚴區 jièyánqū restricted area

    All 7 words containing 嚴

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