澀
sè

astringent

涩 澀 sè
variant 澁
astringent adjective
tasting tart or puckery; leaving a dry, rough, or numb sensation on the tongue

对于茶叶蛋来说，绿茶太涩了。

duì​yú chá​yè​dàn lái​shuō, lǜ​chá tài sè le.

Green tea is too astringent to use for tea eggs.

rough adjective
not smooth or lubricated; having friction or resistance between surfaces
obscure adjective
hard to understand or lacking fluency, specifically regarding writing style or prose
awkward
unnatural or hesitant in manner, often due to shyness or embarrassment
halting
hesitant, slow, or not fluent in speech

Cross-References

Has variant

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,836th most common 12.3 per million
Movie subtitles
3,166th most common 2.65 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.860 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
7.53 per million

Details
Simplified
涩
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+6F80

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)