1. 楞
  2. 嚴

楞

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  1. 楞 is the 3217th most frequent character.
  2. 楞 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 楞 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 楞 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
楞 => 木, No glyph available
Radical :
楞 => 木 (tree), 罒 (net), 方 (square/raft)
Graphical :
楞 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 丨, 一, 丶, 丿, ㇆

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. leng2 - variant of 稜|棱, corner/square beam/edge/arris (curve formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)/see 楞迦 Sri Lanka
  2. leng4 - variant of 愣[leng4]/to look distracted/to stare blankly/distracted/blank

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

楞严 (楞嚴)

Medium Frequency

拉卜楞寺 
楞 

嚴

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  1. 嚴 is the 545th most frequent character.
  2. 嚴 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 嚴 appears as a character in 40 words.
  4. 嚴 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
嚴 => 吅, 𠪚
Radical :
嚴 => 吅 (N/A), 厂 (cliff), No glyph available, 耳 (ear), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
嚴 => 吅, 厂, 匚, 二, 丨, 二, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Yan2 - surname Yan
  2. yan2 - tight (closely sealed)/stern/strict/rigorous/severe/father

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 嚴 (yan2): The component 厂 is pronounced as 'han3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

严寒 (嚴寒)
严肃 (嚴肅)
严重 (嚴重)
尊严 (尊嚴)

Medium Frequency

严 (嚴)
严冬 (嚴冬)
严厉 (嚴厲)
严严实实 (嚴嚴實實)
严实 (嚴實)
严峻 (嚴峻)
严惩 (嚴懲)
严查 (嚴查)
严格 (嚴格)
严禁 (嚴禁)
严谨 (嚴謹)
威严 (威嚴)
庄严 (莊嚴)

Appears In:

嚴 also appears in:
讝麣
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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