Chinese symbol for “stately”
庄严
zhuāng yán
Traditional: 莊嚴
solemn; dignified; stately
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stately is 庄严 (zhuāng yán), defined as: solemn; dignified; stately.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stately”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 庄严.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 庄园 (莊園) | zhuāng yuán | manor; feudal land |
| 山庄 (山莊) | shān zhuāng | manor house; villa |
| 庄家 (莊家) | zhuāng jiā | farmhouse; banker (gambling) |
| 庄子 (莊子) | zhuāng zi | (coll.) village; hamlet; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stately”.
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.