涩 sè astringent
astringent; harsh; rough; uneven
怎么记住“涩”: 氵 water + 刃 knife edge + 止 stop = astringent. Grandpa washes down an unripe persimmon with water, but a knife edge still scrapes his tongue and makes him stop chewing, the fruit is so astringent.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
originally 水 + 歰
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
涩 = 氵 water + 𰙜 rough
- 氵 water meaning
- 𰙜 rough shape only
- 刃 knife edge
- 止 stop
Grandpa washes down an unripe persimmon with water, but a knife edge still scrapes his tongue and makes him stop chewing, the fruit is so astringent.
How it came to be
The full form first stacked four copies of the sign for stop, and water was added to it later.
用法
- Astringent/puckery to the taste (like unripe persimmon), and by extension rough or awkward: 苦涩 (kǔsè) bitter and astringent (taste, or a bitter feeling).
- 羞涩 (xiūsè) means shy/bashful; 晦涩 (huìsè) means obscure and hard to understand (writing).