15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

cold, strict, severe

Kun'yomi
  • きびし
On'yomi
  • cold ②dignified ③(of an atmosphere) tense ④(of voice, sound, etc) clear

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

cold, strict, severe
リン きびし.い (Kentei 1, N1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
salary in rice
ヒン リン こめぐら (Kentei 1)
rice storehouse(廩) variant
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
-times, round, game
カイ まわ.る エ (2nd, N3)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 51DC
JIS X 0208 1-84-5
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 429
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 195
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 126
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 151
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1717
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2026
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2b13.1
Four corner code 3019.0