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Chinese symbol for “harshly”

着实
zhuó shí
Traditional: 著實
truly; indeed; severely; harshly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for harshly is 着实 (zhuó shí), defined as: truly; indeed; severely; harshly.

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Characters and stroke order

着 zhuó
to make a move, to take action
radical 109 ⽬ · 12 strokes
实 shí
real, true; honest, sincere
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “harshly”

WordPinyinMeaning
严加 (嚴加)yán jiāsternly; strictly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 着实.

WordPinyinMeaning
随着 (隨著)suí zhealong with; in the wake of
有着 (有著)yǒu zheto have; to possess
接着 (接著)jiē zheto catch and hold on; to continue
意味着 (意味著)yì wèi zheto signify; to mean
活着 (活著)huó zhealive
穿着 (穿著)chuān zhuóattire; clothes; dress
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
实现 (實現)shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

See also: Japanese symbol for “harshly”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.