astringent / tart / acerbity / unsmooth / rough (surface) / hard to understand / obscure
old variant of 澀|涩[se4]

涩 character breakdown

edge of blade

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a (double-edged) two-handed sword.

Robinson Crusoe (r) got a new double-edged sword (刃) and is practising with it in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). He starts with cutting his old cleaver (刀), but soon takes the challenge to cut a flying petal leaf (丶) in half.
to stop / to prohibit / until / only

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

Characters with 涩 as component

涩 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 涩

bitter and astringent / pained / agonized
shy / bashful
difficult to understand / cryptic
dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style)
to be embarrassingly short of money
unripe / tart / not fully proficient / somewhat shaky
sluggish pulse
to remove astringent taste
abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
cold and sluggish / chilly
clumsy in speech / tongue tied
awkward / lame / difficulty (esp. in moving) / not smooth
sour / acrid / (fig.) bitter / painful
underripe / (fig.) young and inexperienced
salty and bitter / acerbic
clumsy and incomprehensible / botched writing
acerbic (taste) / astringent

Sentences with 涩

涩 currently does not appear in any sentence.