Japanese Kanji
厳gen
stern · strictness · severity
Grade 6 · JLPT N1 · 17 strokes
Stern, strictness, severity, rigidity.
厳 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 17 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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