澀

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涩

🇨🇳

渋

🇯🇵

astringent

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sè

ジュウ、シュウ

しぶ、しぶ.い、しぶ.る

삽

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 歰 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "unsmooth". The meaning later shifted to "rough" and "astringent".

Components

Traditional (澀)

氵 water (drops)+ 歰 unsmooth =

澀 astringent

氵 Meaning component

shui water (drops)

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

歰 Meaning component

sè unsmooth

(Cant.) 歰氣 to argue, wrangle, disagree

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Japanese (渋)

氵 water (drops)+ 止 stop =

渋 astringent

氵

water (drops)

止

stop

Notes

Chinese

涩 / 澀 [sè]

astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure

Japanese

渋しぶ同音

noun kakishibu; (explanation) astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

渋しぶ

Shibu place namesurname

渋しゅうぞう

Shuuzou unclassified name

渋しゅうた

Shuuta unclassified name

渋そうぞう

Souzou unclassified name

渋そうた

Souta unclassified name

渋そうむら

Soumura unclassified name

渋まさのり

Masanori unclassified name

渋むなむら

Munamura unclassified name

渋むねざわ

Munezawa unclassified name

渋むねむら

Munemura unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (17)

苦涩 [kǔsè] #19,595

bitter and astringent

羞涩 [xiūsè] #24,339

shy

晦涩 [huìsè] #28,209

difficult to understand

干涩 [gānsè] #39,682

dry and rough (skin)

囊中羞涩 [nángzhōngxiūsè] #48,297

to be embarrassingly short of money

to remove astringent taste

艰深晦涩 [jiānshēnhuìsè] #68,588

abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)

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JAPANESE WORDS (45)

Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo)

⭐ 渋る [しぶる] #11,856

to be reluctant (to do)

⭐ 苦渋 [くじゅう] #15,553

bitterness

渋い顔をする [しぶいかおをする] #17,305

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