Chinese Character 澀 Meanings and components.

Form

澀

Meaning

澀 meaning[3] in English

Astringent.

Tart.

Acerbity.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 澀 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and archaic variant of … (歰)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ESIM

How to write 澀

To write澀se4astringent you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 歰se4archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 歰 = 澀

澀 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 澀 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 澀, looks as follow:

澀
Pinyin:se4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Astringent . Tart . Acerbity . Unsmooth . Rough (Surface) . Hard To Understand . Obscure
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
歰
Pinyin:se4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 澀|涩[Se4]
刃
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Edge Of Blade
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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