Home / Frequency / 渋

渋

Level XI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1385 / 2,608

Bitter

On’yomi
じゅう
Kun’yomi
しぶ
Radical
水 Water (Kangxi 85)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 幾 (How Many), less common than 栗 (Chestnut).

A tsunami on the left crashes into a stop sign on the right — the tsunami hits a barrier and stops, the water turning bitter and stagnant.

In words

渋い しぶい 1. tasteful (clothing);cool;an aura of refined masculinity; 2. astringent;sullen;bitter (taste); 3N1
渋滞 じゅうたい congestion (e.g. traffic),delay,stagnationN3

渋 is rank 1385 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

Study 渋 →