嚴

See also: 严 and 厳
嚴 U+56B4, 嚴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56B4
← 嚳
[U+56B3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚵 →
[U+56B5]

Translingual

Traditional 嚴
Shinjitai 厳
Simplified 严

Han character

嚴 (radical 30, 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口口一一大 (RRMMK), four-corner 66248, composition ⿱吅𠪚)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 214, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4589
  • Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 702, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+56B4

Chinese

trad. 嚴
simp. 严

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嚴
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撖 *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉 *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉 *l'aːmʔ
敢 *klaːmʔ
橄 *klaːmʔ
瞰 *kʰlaːms
闞 *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨 *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀 *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖 *ŋraːm
礹 *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃 *qʰraːmʔ
讝 *kjam
玁 *hŋramʔ
嚴 *ŋam
儼 *ŋamʔ
曮 *ŋamʔ
釅 *ŋams

Pronunciation

Note:
  • nyian2 - literary;
  • ngan2 - vernacular.
Note:
  • gân - vernacular;
  • giâm - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 嚴
Mandarin Beijing /ian³⁵/
Harbin /ian²⁴/
Tianjin /ian⁴⁵/
Jinan /iã⁴²/
Qingdao /iã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ian⁴²/
Xi'an /iã²⁴/
Xining /iã²⁴/
Yinchuan /ian⁵³/
Lanzhou /iɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /ian⁵¹/
Wuhan /iɛn²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵian³¹/
Guiyang /nian²¹/
/ian²¹/ 新
Kunming /iɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /ien²⁴/
Hefei /iĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ie¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵie̞¹³/
Hohhot /ie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵi²³/
Suzhou /ȵiɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵiẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi³¹/
Hui Shexian /ne⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ȵiẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵiẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiɛn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiam¹¹/
Taoyuan /ŋiɑm¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jim²¹/
Nanning /jim²¹/
Hong Kong /jim²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /giam³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ŋieŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ŋiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ŋiam⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ŋiam³¹/
Rime
Character 嚴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 嚴 (145)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 語𩏩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɨɐm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋiɐm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋɨam/
Li
Rong		 /ŋiɐm/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭɐm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋi̯ɐm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yán
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嚴
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngjæm ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋ(r)am/
English stern, majestic

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嚴
Reading # 1/1
No. 3692
Phonetic
component		 敢
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 嚴
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋam/

Definitions

嚴

  1. strict, rigorous, rigid
  2. stern
  3. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

 厳

Kyūjitai

 嚴

Kanji

嚴

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 厳)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 厳 (strictness, severity, rigidity)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

嚴 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm)

  1. strict, rigorous, rigid
  2. stern

Vietnamese

Han character

嚴 (nghiêm, ngàm)

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