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Mythic Mandarin

严刑 (yán xíng): meaning and stroke order

严刑 (yán xíng) means strict law, cruel punishment, to carry out cruel law rigorously.

严刑

Simplified
严刑
Traditional
嚴刑
Pinyin
yán xíng

Stroke order of 严刑

严

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

Stroke by stroke

刑

  • Xíng surname Xing
  • xíng punishment; penalty
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 严刑

  1. yán xíng Traditional 嚴刑
    • strict law
    • cruel punishment
    • to carry out cruel law rigorously

Radicals of the characters

严
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 7 strokes · 亚 on top, 丿 below
刑
Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 6 strokes · 开 on the left, 刂 on the right

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.

严刑 in our stories

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  • 在那个用严刑逼出口供是常事的时代，这样的想法非常了不起。

    zài nàge yòng yánxíng bī chū kǒugòng shì chángshì de shídài zhèyàng de xiǎngfǎ fēicháng liǎobuqǐ

    In an age when forcing confessions by torture was commonplace, this idea was remarkable.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 严刑

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).