澀

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 14
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 涩
Variants: 澁濇瀒

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sè
Cantonese: gip3 saap3 sap1 sap3
JapaneseKun: SHIBUI SHIBU
JapaneseOn: JUU SHUU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: astringent; harsh; uneven, rough

CE-Dict: astringent/tart/acerbity/unsmooth/rough (surface)/hard to understand/obscure

Soothill: Acrid, astringent, rough.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a mouth-puckering taste
2.astringent; puckery
3.(of writing, etc.) not smooth flowing; obscure; difficult; jolting
4.unsmooth; hard-going; rough; harsh

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: acerbity; astringent; difficult; obscure; unsmooth
【化】 kaku-shibu

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: acerbity

湘雅醫學專業詞典: astringent taste

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】澀
【唐韻】【韻會】色立切【集韻】【正韻】色入切，𠀤音濇。與歰同。【說文】不滑也。【風俗通·十反篇】冷澀比干寒蜒。　又牆叠石作水文爲澀浪。【溫庭筠詩】澀浪浮瓊砌。　又竹名。【范成大·桂海草木志】澀竹，膚麤澀如砂紙。【集韻】或作瀒𣥒澁。𣥒字原作刃下止。

CF-Dict: âpre/raboteux/obscur

Han-De-Dict: Gatter, Gitterrost (u.E.) (S)/herb, säuerlich (u.E.) (Adj)/kratzend, hemmend (u.E.) (Adv)