Chinese symbol for “seriousness”
严重性
yán zhòng xìng
Traditional: 嚴重性
seriousness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seriousness is 严重性 (yán zhòng xìng), defined as: seriousness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 严重性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 严格 (嚴格) | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
| 严肃 (嚴肅) | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting |
| 尊严 (尊嚴) | zūn yán | dignity; sanctity |
| 严厉 (嚴厲) | yán lì | severe; strict |
| 严峻 (嚴峻) | yán jùn | grim; severe |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seriousness”.
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.