surname Yan

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a tightly sealed bottling jar. Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Maud Younger is working on her top secret project. On a table she's got a sealed bottling jar of Mapo Doufu and a still packaged and sealed chocolate factory. She plans to modify the chocolate factory to produce Mapo Doufu, to sell the food world wide.
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a tightly sealed bottling jar. Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Maud Younger is working on her top secret project. On a table she's got a sealed bottling jar of Mapo Doufu and a still packaged and sealed chocolate factory. She plans to modify the chocolate factory to produce Mapo Doufu, to sell the food world wide.

严 character breakdown

Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]

= + : What is Asia famous for? Many people will say for its food. Let's say that 亚 is for 麻婆豆腐. Maud Younger is eating a plate of Mapo Doufu in the ashram's bathroom, when a bullfrog steals the plate by snatching it away with his tongue. His punishment follows at once by Maud Younger beating him over the head with a flute.
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]

= + : What is Asia famous for? Many people will say for its food. Let's say that 亚 is for 麻婆豆腐. Maud Younger is eating a plate of Mapo Doufu in the ashram's bathroom, when a bullfrog steals the plate by snatching it away with his tongue. His punishment follows at once by Maud Younger beating him over the head with a flute.
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant

Mnemonic symbol: a chocolate factory. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is overjoyed to see that in the anglepod's living room (ang3), a small chocolate factory (厂) is for sale. He buys it, shaves his mustache, grows his hair a bit and renames himself to Willy Wonka to live in the chocolate factory.

Characters with 严 as component

majestic / dignified
strong (of tea)

Words with 严

grave / serious / severe / critical
strict / stringent / tight / rigorous
severe / strict
solemn; dignified; stately
solemn / dignified / stately
strict / rigid / tight (security)
bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition)
strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously
to impose martial law / to impose emergency measures
restricted area / zone of application of the martial law
one who surmounts all obstacles (Buddhism)
to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
to lift restrictions (such as curfew or martial law)
meticulous / rigorous
to close (a window) completely; to shut (a door) properly; to turn off (a faucet) tightly
more critical with every passing day

Sentences with 严

bǎ
ta̅
hǒng
shàng
tia̅n
lái
 
 
yán
jia̅
guǎn
shù