The kanji 粛: meaning, readings and stroke order

粛

Meaning: solemn, strict
On reading: シュク shuku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 聿 brush
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 肅

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nghiêm trang, chỉnh đốn (túc)
Japanese: おごそかでしずか。ひきしめる。
Korean: 엄숙하다, 바로잡다 (숙)
Chinese: 严肃、整顿 (肃)

Readings, words and example sentences

シュク shuku · on reading · less common

静せい粛しゅく
silence, quiet and orderly
静せい粛しゅくにしてください。
Please be quiet.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.