| 澀 | [ sè ] astringent, tart, acerbity, unsmooth, rough (surface), hard to understand, obscure |
| 澀味 | [ sè weì ] acerbic (taste), astringent |
| 澀脈 | [ sè maì ] sluggish pulse |
| ⇒ 乾澀 | [ gān sè ] dry and rough (skin), hoarse (voice), dry and heavy (style) |
| ⇒ 冷澀 | [ lěng sè ] cold and sluggish, chilly |
| ⇒ 囊中羞澀 | [ náng zhōng xiū sè ] to be embarrassingly short of money |
| ⇒ 拙澀 | [ zhuō sè ] clumsy and incomprehensible, botched writing |
| ⇒ 晦澀 | [ huì sè ] difficult to understand, cryptic |
| ⇒ 生澀 | [ shēng sè ] unripe, tart, not fully proficient, somewhat shaky |
| ⇒ 羞澀 | [ xiū sè ] shy, bashful |
| ⇒ 脫澀 | [ tuō sè ] to remove astringent taste |
| ⇒ 艱深晦澀 | [ jiān shēn huì sè ] abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) |
| ⇒ 苦澀 | [ kǔ sè ] bitter and astringent, pained, agonized |
| ⇒ 訥澀 | [ nè sè ] clumsy in speech, tongue tied |
| ⇒ 蹇澀 | [ jiǎn sè ] awkward, lame, difficulty (esp. in moving), not smooth |
| ⇒ 酸澀 | [ suān sè ] sour, acrid, (fig.) bitter, painful |
| ⇒ 青澀 | [ qīng sè ] underripe, (fig.) young and inexperienced |
| ⇒ 鹹澀 | [ xián sè ] salty and bitter, acerbic |