澀 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 17 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「歰」。元々は「歰」で「とどこおる、しぶる」の意味を表したが、のちに水を足し、水がうまく流れない、「しぶる」を表すようになった。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

astringent, harsh, uneven, rough

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュウ
  • シュウ
Kun (native)
  • しぶ
  • しぶ(い)
  • しぶ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音se4
  • 한글sab
  • Hán-ViệtSáp

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6F80

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵歰

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-14
Four Corner
3711.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.19