Memory phrase for the character: 渋

渋

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bitter, astringent (=bitter taste), hesitate

JŪ
shibui/ru

Left: water 氵, right: stop 止 and ripple, drops of water

Even the water stops and ripples as it is too bitter.

氵	water	The radical sanzui* 氵 is a short form of water 水*
止	to stop	At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."

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渋谷	しぶや	Shibuya (city district of Tokyo)
渋滞	じゅうたい	congestion (e.g. traffic), delay, stagnation

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