澀

astringent / tart / acerbity / unsmooth / rough (surface) / hard to understand / obscure

archaic variant of 澀|涩[se4]

"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]

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