Entry
  1. Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    commanding; awe-inspiring

  2. bitter (cold); piercing

Also written 凜然【りんぜん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cold, strict, severe

Kun
きびし.い
On
リン
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
ice
WaniKani
Level 56

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-2-13SKIP code
2b13.1The Kanji Dictionary
3019.1Four corner code
51dbUnicode hex code
1-49-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
651Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
430New Nelson (John Haig)
196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2138Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2264Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1718Morohashi
lin3Pinyin reading
reumKorean reading
56WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Kun
しかしか.りしか.し
On
ゼンネン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
401 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4d8.10The Kanji Dictionary
2333.3Four corner code
2540deroo
7136Unicode hex code
1-33-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3435New Nelson (John Haig)
2782New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3456Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
241Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
375A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1788Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
437Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19149Morohashi
528A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
651Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
450sakade
716Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
557henshall3
592Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
144crowley
401Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
246Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ran2Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level