Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 11

渋

Meaning in English

astringent, hesitate, reluctant

Readings

Onyomi: ジュウ, シュウ Kunyomi: しぶ, しぶ.い, しぶ.る Romaji: juu, shuu / shibu, shibu.i, shibu.ru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

渋

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese adstringente, hesitante, relutante

Spanish astringente, vacilante, reacio

Korean 수렴하는, 주저하는, 꺼리는

French astringent, hésitant, réticent

Italian astringente, esitante, riluttante

German adstringierend, zögernd, zurückhaltend

Indonesian astringent, ragu-ragu, enggan

★ Vietnamese ngập ngừng, lưỡng lự, miễn cưỡng

Thai ฝาดลังเลลังเลไม่เต็มใจ

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 淡 tan / awa.i thin, faint, pale N1 淑 shuku / shito.yaka graceful, gentle, pure N1 渓 kei / tani, tanigawa mountain stream, valley, torrent N1 渚 sho / nagisa strand, beach, shore N1 渇 katsu / kawa.ku thirst, dry up, parch N1 淫 in / hita.su, hoshiimama, mida.ra, mida.reru, midari lewdness, licentiousness N2 涼 ryou / suzu.shii, suzu.mu, suzu.yaka, usu.i, hiya.su, makotoni refreshing, nice and cool, rafraîchissant N3 流 ryuu, ru / naga.reru, naga.re, naga.su, -naga.su current, a sink, flow N3 消 shou / ki.eru, ke.su extinguish, blow out, turn off

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 もう少し早く出発していれば渋滞に巻き込まれなかったのに Mou sukoshi hayaku shuppatsu shite ireba juutai ni makikomarenakatta noni If I had left earlier I would not have been caught in traffic