strict

(t.c.f.b.b.y.e.s.i.y.l.) + (cliff) + (director) + (ear)
★★★☆☆
17 strokes

Onyomi

GEN

Mnemonic

The strict Director is picking baby birds up by their ears, and tossing them off of the cliff AGAIN.

Kunyomi

きび*しい a strict (teacher, sergeant, cop)
★★★★☆

Jukugo

威厳(いげん) のある

majestic/scary ★★☆☆☆
(terrible majesty) + (strict) = 威厳 (majestic/scary)

majestic , slow and dignified but scary - like a bunch of gangsters slowly walking down the street while the Peter Gunn theme plays. Or a parade float of your mom's neck-beard.

厳禁(げんきん)

strictly forbidden. ★★☆☆☆
(strict) + (prohibition) = 厳禁 (strictly forbidden. )

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
strict NEEDLE
years old STOP
annihilate FIRE AND WATER
terrible majesty WOMAN

The strict nurse injects you with a NEEDLE,

but the drug STOPS you from aging.

Both FIRE AND WATER can annihilate a city,

but that WOMAN has a terrible majesty even more scary!

Synonyms

precise,  strict,
几帳面な    厳密    厳格    正確    正確    精巧    厳重    きちんと 明確に