| 涩 | sè | astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough(surface); hard to understand; obscure |
| 羞涩 | xiū sè | shy; bashful |
| 苦涩 | kǔ sè | bitter and astringent; pained; agonized |
| 干涩 | gān sè | dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style) |
| 冷涩 | lěng sè | cold and sluggish; chilly |
| 囊中羞涩 | náng zhōng xiū sè | to be embarrassingly short of money |
| 拙涩 | zhuō sè | clumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing |
| 晦涩 | huì sè | difficult to understand; cryptic |
| 涩味 | sè wèi | acerbic (taste); astringent |
| 涩脉 | sè mài | sluggish pulse |
| 脱涩 | tuō sè | to remove astringent taste |
| 艰深晦涩 | jiān shēn huì sè | abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) |
| 讷涩 | nè sè | clumsy in speech; tongue tied |
| 蹇涩 | jiǎn sè | awkward; lame; difficulty (esp. in moving); not smooth |
| 咸涩 | xián sè | salty and bitter; acerbic |