嚴
yánYán HSK4

strict

严 (嚴) yán frequency
strict adjective
stern, strict, rigorous, or severe

他的父亲对他的要求非常严。

tā de fù​qīn duì tā de yāo​qiú fēi​cháng yán.

His father is very strict with him.

father proper name
a formal or honorific term for one's father

家严正在书房看书。

jiā yán zhèng​zài shū​fáng kàn shū.

My father is reading in the study.

tight adjective
closely sealed or fitting tightly

这扇窗户关得不严。

zhè shàn chuāng​hu guān de bù yán.

This window is not closed tightly.

严 (嚴) Yán
Yan proper name
surname Yan

那位新来的老师姓严，大家平时都叫他严老师。

nà wèi xīn lái de lǎo​shī xìng Yán, dà​jiā píng​shí dōu jiào tā Yán lǎo​shī.

The new teacher's surname is Yan, and everyone usually calls him Mr. Yan.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
545th most common 389.0 per million
Movie subtitles
855th most common 140.2 per million appears in 55% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.96 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
27.3 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
严
Strokes
19
Unicode
U+56B4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)