涩
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astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure
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How 涩 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Water 氵 that cuts like a knife 刃; 止 provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
astringent · Heisig RSH #1669
水 water + 刃 blade + footprint
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 涩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生涩 | shēng sè | unripe; tart; not fully proficient; somewhat shaky |
| 囊中羞涩 | náng zhōng xiū sè | to be embarrassingly short of money |
| 干涩 | gān sè | dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style) |
| 青涩 | qīng sè | underripe; (fig.) young and inexperienced |
| 酸涩 | suān sè | sour; acrid; (fig.) bitter; painful |
| 苦涩 | kǔ sè | bitter and astringent; pained; agonized |
| 冷涩 | lěng sè | cold and sluggish; chilly |
| 脱涩 | tuō sè | to remove astringent taste |
| 涩味 | sè wèi | acerbic (taste); astringent |
| 涩脉 | sè mài | sluggish pulse |
| 咸涩 | xián sè | salty and bitter; acerbic |
| 艰深晦涩 | jiān shēn huì sè | abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) |
| 羞涩 | xiū sè | shy; bashful |
| 拙涩 | zhuō sè | clumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing |
| 讷涩 | nè sè | clumsy in speech; tongue tied |
| 晦涩 | huì sè | difficult to understand; cryptic |
| 蹇涩 | jiǎn sè | awkward; lame; difficulty (esp. in moving); not smooth |