渋

渋 — astringent, hesitate, reluctant

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1011 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じゅう juu

しゅう shuu
Kun'yomi: しぶ shibu

しぶ.い shibu.i

しぶ.る shibu.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 渋

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

渋滞じゅうたい (traffic) congestion JLPT N3