common
adjective

Meaning of

涩 means astringent; puckery; rough; stiff; resistant. Pronounced sè.

  • astringent; puckery
  • rough; stiff; resistant
  • obscure; hard to understand

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Wèi
chéng
shú
de
shì
zi
chī
lái
 

Unripe persimmons taste puckery when you eat them.

Zhè
zhǒng
nóng
chá
kǒu
yǒu
wèi
 

This strong tea has a slight astringent taste.

Gāng
pào
de
shān
zhā
zhī
yǒu
diǎn
 

The freshly brewed hawthorn juice is a bit puckery.

Shēng
tao
de
guǒ
yǒu
hěn
qiáng
de
gǎn
 

The peel of unripe walnuts has a strong astringent feeling.

Yòng
yán
shuǐ
pào
guò
de
qīng
jiù
le
 

Green plums soaked in salt water lose their puckery taste.