adjective

  1. harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.), severe, hard, strict.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
手厳しい てきびしい
 
 
 
 
手きびしい てきびしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)
stern, strictness, severity
きび.しい ゲン いつくし (6th, N1)
precipice, rocky or dangerous mountain
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
daring, brave, bold
カン あ.えて (8th, N1)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)