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儼
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俨
🇨🇳

respectful

HSK 10
Human →Relations
yǎn
ゲン
いかめ.しい、おごそか
엄
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 嚴 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (儼)
亻 person (side)+ 嚴 strict =
儼 respectful
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
嚴 Phonetic component
strict
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Simplified (俨)
亻 person (side)+ 严 rigorous =
俨 grave
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
严 Phonetic component
yán rigorous
strict, rigorous, rigid
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
儼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
俨 / 儼 [yǎn]
majestic; dignified
Japanese
厳 、 儼 げん 同音
adj-tadv-to strict; stern
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
俨然 [yǎn​rán] #38,464
just like
俨如 [yǎn​rú]
(literary) to be exactly like
俨如白昼 [yǎn​rú​bái​zhòu]
as bright as daylight (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
厳 [げん] #22,402
strict
厳然 [げんぜん] #24,773
grave
厳として [げんとして] #85,197
resolutely
厳存 [げんそん] #115,575
real existence
儼乎 [げんこ] #199,371
grave