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Mythic Mandarin

严肃 (yán sù): meaning and stroke order

严肃 (yán sù) means (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious, (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting.

严肃

Simplified
严肃
Traditional
嚴肅
Pinyin
yán sù

Stroke order of 严肃

严

  • Yán surname Yan
  • yán tight (closely sealed); stern
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 嚴

Stroke by stroke

肃

  • Sù surname Su
  • sù respectful; solemn
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 肅

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 严肃

  1. yán sù Traditional 嚴肅
    • (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious
    • (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting
    • to strictly enforce

Radicals of the characters

严
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 7 strokes · 亚 on top, 丿 below
肃
Radical 聿 (Kangxi radical 129) · 8 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).