皱 zhòu wrinkles
wrinkles; creases; folds; to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
How to remember 皱: 刍 hay + 皮 skin = wrinkles. After a summer of stacking hay in the sun, the farmer's skin is brown and full of deep wrinkles.
Component breakdown
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
皱 = 刍 hay + 皮 skin
- 刍 hay sound
- 皮 skin meaning
After a summer of stacking hay in the sun, the farmer's skin is brown and full of deep wrinkles.
How it came to be
Skin gives the meaning and hay the sound.
How it is used
- Wrinkles/creases, and to knit/crease: 皱纹 (zhòuwén) wrinkles (skin), 皱褶 (zhòuzhě) folds/pleats.
- 皱眉 (zhòuméi) / 皱眉头 means to frown/knit the brows; 皱巴巴 (zhòubābā) means crumpled/wrinkly (clothes, paper).