渋
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
「澁」の略体。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ジュウJHS
- シュウ
- Kun (native)
- しぶJHS
- しぶ(い)JHS
- しぶ(る)JHS
- Other languages
- 拼音se4
- 한글sab
- Hán-ViệtSáp
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 11 strokes
- Radical
- 水(みず)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+6E0B
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵⿱止⿰冫⿱丿丶
Words using this kanji
- 渋滞じゅうたいものごとの進行がとどこおること。 道路で自動車の移動速度が一定以下（具体的には道路の管轄者などにより定義される）となった状態。交通渋滞。(traffic) congestion, traffic jam, gridlock, delay
- 渋いしぶいしぶいを参照。astringent, bitter, puckery, rough
- 渋るしぶる「しぶる」の漢字表記。to be reluctant (to do), to be unwilling (to do), to hesitate (to do), to grudge
- 渋面じゅうめん不愉快な顔つき。苦々しい表情。grimace, sullen face
- 渋谷しぶやShibuya City (special ward of Tokyo), Shibuya
- 渋々しぶしぶreluctantly, unwillingly
- 渋り腹しぶりばらbowel pains, painful loose bowels
- 渋柿しぶがきastringent persimmon
- 渋しぶkakishibu
- 渋みしぶみastringency, tartness, austere elegance, elegant simplicity
- 渋皮しぶかわinner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
- 渋色しぶいろtan (color, colour)
- 渋茶しぶちゃstrong or bitter (green) tea
- 渋紙しぶがみpaper treated with astringent persimmon juice
- 渋草しぶくさJapanese dock (a plant) (Rumex japonicus)
- 渋墨しぶずみpreservative paint made from persimmon tannin mixed with ash-soot
- 渋抜きしぶぬきremoving the astringent taste (from persimmons)
- 渋団扇しぶうちわfan varnished with persimmon juice
- 渋滞税じゅうたいぜいcongestion charge
- 渋ちんしぶちんstingy person, miser, scrooge
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Variants
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-8- Four Corner
3113.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.19- Heisig
- 1875
- Nelson
- 2600