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涩
澀
sè
1. astringent
2. tart
3. acerbity
4. unsmooth
5. rough (surface)
6. hard to understand
7. obscure
Common • Top 15%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

涩
sè
astringent, harsh, rough, uneven
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (16)

咸涩
xiánsè
salty and bitter
冷涩
lěngsè
cold and sluggish
青涩
qīngsè
underripe
干涩
gānsè
dry and rough (skin)
拙涩
zhuōsè
clumsy and incomprehensible
晦涩
huìsè
difficult to understand
涩味
sèwèi
acerbic (taste)
涩脉
sèmài
sluggish pulse
羞涩
xiūsè
shy
脱涩
tuōsè
to remove astringent taste
苦涩
kǔsè
bitter and astringent
HSK 6
讷涩
nèsè
clumsy in speech
蹇涩
jiǎnsè
awkward
酸涩
suānsè
sour
囊中羞涩
nángzhōngxiūsè
to be embarrassingly short of money
艰深晦涩
jiānshēnhuìsè
abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)

Alternate Entries

涩
sè
old variant of [[澀|涩<sè>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,835
Word Frequency Rank
12,609 of 84,292

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