澀

How to write 澀, stroke by stroke

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What 澀 means

astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure; old variant of 涩

Ideographic: Water 氵 that cuts like a knife 歰; 歰 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 氵 + 歰

Words with 澀

• 羞澀xiū sèshy; bashful
• 苦澀kǔ sèbitter and astringent; pained; agonized
• 乾澀gān sèdry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)
• 冷澀lěng sècold and sluggish; chilly
• 拙澀zhuō sèclumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing
• 晦澀huì sèdifficult to understand; cryptic
• 澀味sè wèiacerbic (taste); astringent
• 澀脈sè màisluggish pulse
• 生澀shēng sèunripe; tart; not fully proficient; somewhat shaky
• 脫澀tuō sèto remove astringent taste
• 酸澀suān sèsour; acrid; (fig.) bitter; painful
• 青澀qīng sèunderripe; (fig.) young and inexperienced

澀 in a sentence

• 湯姆挺羞澀的。

  tāng mǔ tǐng xiū sè de 。

  Tom is fairly shy.

Characters that sound like 澀

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