皱
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to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,625 U+76B1
How 皱 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
皮 (semantic, “skin”) + 刍 (phonetic, chú)
How to remember it
wrinkles · Heisig RSH #2197
hairnet + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 刍
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 刍 (chú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刍 sound component | chú | to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder |
| 急 | jí | anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent |
| 趋 | qū | to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to |
| 雏 | chú | chick, fledging; infant, toddler |
| 邹 | zōu | an ancient state; surname |
| 诌 | zhōu | to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense |
| 驺 | zōu | mounted escort; groom |
| 绉 | zhòu | crepe, imitation silk; wrinkles, creases |
Words containing 皱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皱巴巴 | zhòu bā bā | wrinkled; crumpled; unironed |
| 皱眉头 | zhòu méi tóu | to scowl; to knit the brows |
| 起皱纹 | qǐ zhòu wén | to shrivel |
| 皱起 | zhòu qǐ | to purse; to pucker (up) |
| 褶皱山系 | zhě zhòu shān xì | fold mountain system (geology) |
| 褶皱山脉 | zhě zhòu shān mài | fold mountain range (geology) |
| 花冠皱盔犀鸟 | huā guān zhòu kuī xī niǎo | (bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) |
| 折皱 | zhé zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle |
| 皱折 | zhòu zhé | crease; fold; ripple; lap |
| 皱眉 | zhòu méi | to frown; to knit one's brow |
| 皱叶欧芹 | zhòu yè ōu qín | curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum) |
| 弄皱 | nòng zhòu | to crumple |
| 皱缩 | zhòu suō | to wrinkle; wrinkled up |
| 皱纹 | zhòu wén | wrinkle; CL:道[dao4] |
| 皱褶 | zhòu zhě | creased; wrinkled; fold; crease |
| 褶皱 | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 皱摺 | zhòu zhé | variant of 皺折|皱折[zhou4 zhe2] |