Chinese symbol for “severely”
从严
cóng yán
Traditional: 從嚴
strict; rigorous; severely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for severely is 从严 (cóng yán), defined as: strict; rigorous; severely.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “severely”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臭 | chòu | stench; smelly |
| 重重 | zhòng zhòng | heavily; severely |
| 着实 (著實) | zhuó shí | truly; indeed |
| 大加 | dà jiā | (before a two-syllable verb) considerably; greatly (exaggerate) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 从严.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从事 (從事) | cóng shì | to go for; to engage in |
| 从而 (從而) | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 从来 (從來) | cóng lái | always; at all times |
| 自从 (自從) | zì cóng | since (a time); ever since |
| 从未 (從未) | cóng wèi | never |
| 从此 (從此) | cóng cǐ | from now on; since then |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 严格 (嚴格) | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “severely”.
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.