Kanji Detail for 澀 - "difficult, astringent, tannin, skin, tasteful"

澀

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
澀 means "difficult, astringent, tannin, skin, tasteful."
1. Difficult - For things not to go smoothly.
2. Astringent - Having a puckery taste.
3. Tannin - Persimmon tannin; liquid extracted from astringent persimmons (Japanese usage).
4. Skin - The thin inner skin of a chestnut (Japanese usage).
5. Tasteful - Having a refined, understated elegance (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

astringent; harsh; uneven; rough

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

astringent; harsh; uneven, rough

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

astringent, harsh, rough, uneven

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Not smooth. | [Character analysis] Right component has four 止, two upright and two inverted. The common form with 刀 on top is incorrect. Originally written as variant.
Onyomi

juu

shuu
Kunyomi

shibu(しぶ)

shibu.i(しぶい)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
difficult things smoothly astringent having puckery taste tannin persimmon liquid extracted persimmons skin thin inner