严慈 yáncí father and mother; strict and compassionate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 严 嚴 yán father (bound form) father; typically used when referring to one's own father to show respect慈 cí mother (bound form) mother; used in formal or literary terms like 家慈 jiācí for one's own mother or 令慈 lìngcí for someone else's mother