渋 — kanji meaning “astringent”
渋
astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea
- Meanings
- astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea
- On'yomi
- ジュウ (juu)、シュウ (shuu)
- Kun'yomi
- しぶ、しぶ.い、しぶ.る
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1011 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- sè
Words with 渋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渋滞 | じゅうたい juutai | (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock |
| 渋谷 | しぶや shibuya | Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya |
| 渋い | しぶい shibui | astringent; bitter; puckery |
| 苦渋 | くじゅう kujuu | bitterness; distress; pain |
| 渋る | しぶる shiburu | to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to hesitate (to do) |
| 渋柿 | しぶがき shibugaki | astringent persimmon |
| 難渋 | なんじゅう nanjuu | suffering; distress; difficulty |
| 渋み | しぶみ shibumi | astringency; tartness |
| 柿渋 | かきしぶ kakishibu | kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc. |
| 渋皮 | しぶかわ shibukawa | inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut) |
| 渋々 | しぶしぶ shibushibu | reluctantly; unwillingly |
| 晦渋 | かいじゅう kaijuu | ambiguous; obscure; equivocal |
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