Single kanji#9,973 most used

渋

しぶ2

Pitch accent · 尾高 (odaka)

kakishibu

ITS KANJI

昔むかしの人ひとは紙かみに柿かきの渋しぶを塗ぬって強つよくした。

People long ago made paper stronger by coating it with persimmon tannin.

written for Tangoya

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 渋 this one meaning.

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#9,973 most used

Written渋 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium