皱
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to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皮 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 皱
- Common rank
- #2,624
- Unicode
- U+76B1
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 皱
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皱巴巴 | wrinkled; crumpled; unironed | |
| 皱眉头 | to scowl; to knit the brows | |
| 起皱纹 | to shrivel | |
| 皱起 | to purse; to pucker (up) | |
| 褶皱山系 | fold mountain system (geology) | |
| 褶皱山脉 | fold mountain range (geology) | |
| 花冠皱盔犀鸟 | (bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) | |
| 折皱 | fold; crease; wrinkle | |
| 皱折 | crease; fold; ripple; lap | |
| 皱眉 | to frown; to knit one's brow | |
| 皱叶欧芹 | curled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum) | |
| 弄皱 | to crumple | |
| 皱缩 | to wrinkle; wrinkled up | |
| 皱纹 | wrinkle; CL:道[dao4] | |
| 皱褶 | creased; wrinkled; fold; crease | |
| 褶皱 | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold | |
| 皱摺 | variant of 皺折|皱折[zhou4 zhe2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 刍 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刍 sound part | to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder | |
| 急 | anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent | |
| 趋 | to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to | |
| 雏 | chick, fledging; infant, toddler | |
| 邹 | an ancient state; surname | |
| 诌 | to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense | |
| 驺 | mounted escort; groom | |
| 绉 | crepe, imitation silk; wrinkles, creases |