渋 – astringent, hesitate, reluctant

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1011 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 渋 means astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュウ、シュウ (juu, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しぶ、しぶ.い、しぶ.る (shibu, shibui, shiburu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュウ	juu
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	しぶ	shibu
Kun’yomi	しぶ.い	shibui
Kun’yomi	しぶ.る	shiburu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 止・汁・冫.

Words using 渋

渋滞じゅうたい(traffic) congestion

Example sentences

渋滞で遅れました。

I was delayed by a traffic jam.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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