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yán — tight (closely sealed); stern

7 strokes · radical 一 (one) · traditional 嚴

20 strokes · simplified 严

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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.

严寒严肃严重

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