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涩 sè

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涩 sè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sè | se4
English translation
astringent
tart
acerbity
unsmooth
rough (surface)
hard to understand
obscure
old variant of 澀 sè
>涩 sè [sè]
astringent, harsh, rough, uneven

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About 涩 sè

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

澀 sè

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

Water 氵 shuǐ  that cuts like a knife 刃 rèn ; 止 zhǐ provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 涩 sè

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵 shuǐ ⿱刃止

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Example sentences using 涩 sè

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这 zhè 段 Duàn 艰涩的 de 文字 wénzì 可以 kěyǐ 作 zuò 出好几 jī 种 zhǒng 解释 jiěshì .

The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible.

老人 lǎo rén 拄 zhǔ 着 zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng , 蹇 jiǎn 涩 sè 地 de 往前 wǎng qián 挪动 nuó dòng .

The old man hobbled along, with the support of a walking - stick.

绿 lǜ 柿子 shì zi 非常 fēicháng 涩 sè .

Green persimmons are strongly astringent.

这首诗 Shī 再 zài 怎么 zěnme 晦涩 huì sè ，至少 zhìshǎo 有 yǒu 一点 yī diǎn 是 shì 清楚 qīngchu 的 de 。

Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.

他 tā 刚 gāng 写 xiě 完一本书，插图 chā tú 精美 jīng měi ，内容 nèiróng 也 Yě 并 bìng 不 bù 艰涩。

He's just written a book, nicely illustrated and not too technical.

Words with 涩 sè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
涩 sè tart澀 sè
苦涩 kǔsè pained苦澀
羞涩 xiū sè shy羞澀
晦涩 huì sè cryptic晦澀
干涩 gān sè hoarse (voice)乾澀
囊中羞涩 náng zhōng xiū sè to be embarrassingly short of money囊中羞澀
生涩 shēng sè unripe生澀
酸涩 suān sè sour酸澀
冷涩 lěng sè chilly冷澀
脱涩 tuō sè to remove astringent taste脫澀
艰深晦涩 jiān shēn huì sè abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)艱深晦澀
拙涩 zhuō sè botched writing拙澀

涩 sè Decomposition & Compounds

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涩 sè Decomposition

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