澁

Readings

Pinyin: sè

Wade-Giles: se

Hangul: 삽

Korean MC: sap

Korean MR: sap

Katakana: ジュウ

Hepburn: jū

sáp

rough

• Coarse, harsh; not smooth, hard, severe, firm. Variant 澀. "Roughness and lightness are nominally derived from the impurity and non-solidity of material elements." 於大種不清淨不堅實性假立澁性及輕性。 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.597a13 〕 (Skt. asnigdha, karkaśa, karkaśatva, paruṣa, kaṣāya; Tib. rtsub, brlang ba) [resp. Dan Lusthaus, Charles Muller; ref. YBh-Ind]
• Astringent; a harsh taste. (rūkṣa) [resp. Dan Lusthaus, Charles Muller; ref. YBh-Ind]

Dictionary References:

Teihon zenrin kushō (Shibayama), 5

Soothill, 439

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