渋

See also: 澀 and 澁

渋 U+6E0B, 渋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E0B ← 渊 [U+6E0A] CJK Unified Ideographs 渌 → [U+6E0C]

Translingual

Traditional	澀
Simplified	涩
Japanese	渋
Korean	澁

Han character

渋 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜一人 (EYMO), four-corner 3118₁, composition ⿰氵⿳止丷八)

Related characters

• 澁 (Kyūjitai form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17750
• Dae Jaweon: page 1039, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1647, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6E0B

Japanese

Shinjitai	渋
Kyūjitai	澁

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 澁 by replacing 𣥖 with four dots.

Kanji

渋

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 澁)

1. astringent taste of unripe persimmon (kaki) fruit

Readings

• Go-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しふ (sifu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←そふ (sofu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)^{←じふ (zifu, historical)}
• Kun: しぶい (shibui, 渋い, Jōyō); しぶ (shibu, 渋, Jōyō); しぶる (shiburu, 渋る, Jōyō)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 渋(じゅう)滞(たい) (jūtai, “congestion; traffic jam”)
• 渋(じゅう)面(めん) (jūmen), 渋(しぶ)面(つら) (shibutsura, “congestion”)
• 渋(しぶ)谷(や) (shibuya, “Shibuya”)
• 難(なん)渋(じゅう) (nanjū, “difficulty; hindrance; hardship”)