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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 澀

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
涩 sè - astringent
- tart
- acerbity
- unsmooth
- rough (surface)
- hard to understand
- obscure

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 68,544 27,605

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 氵 歰

Radical:

氵

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Water 氵 that cuts like a knife 歰; 歰 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 澀

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo