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Mythic Mandarin

皱 (zhòu): meaning and stroke order

皱 (zhòu) means to wrinkle, wrinkled, to crease.

皱

Simplified
皱
Traditional
皺
Pinyin
zhòu

Stroke order of 皱

皱

  • zhòu to wrinkle; wrinkled
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 皺

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 皱

  1. zhòu Traditional 皺
    • to wrinkle
    • wrinkled
    • to crease

Radical and structure

皱
Radical 皮 (Kangxi radical 107) · 10 strokes · 刍 on the left, 皮 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

皱 in our stories

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  • 有一天,一位戴眼镜的女士吃了一口,皱着眉头说:“面糊太厚了,酱也太咸。”

    yǒu yì tiān yí wèi dài yǎnjìng de nǚshì chī le yì kǒu zhòu zhe méitóu shuō miànhù tài hòu le jiàng yě tài xián

    One day a woman in glasses took a bite, frowned and said, "The batter's too thick, and the sauce is too salty."

    From the story A second chance HSK 5

Stories using 皱

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).