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Kanji Detail for 澀 - "difficult, astringent, tannin, skin, tasteful"
澀
- Meaning
澀 means "difficult, astringent, tannin, skin, tasteful."
Difficult - For things not to go smoothly.
Astringent - Having a puckery taste.
Tannin - Persimmon tannin; liquid extracted from astringent persimmons (Japanese usage).
Skin - The thin inner skin of a chestnut (Japanese usage).
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.
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