Chinese symbol for “crease”
折痕
zhé hén
crease; fold
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crease is 折痕 (zhé hén), defined as: crease; fold.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “crease”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皱折 (皺折) | zhòu zhé | crease; fold |
| 褶皱 (褶皺) | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 皱 (皺) | zhòu | to wrinkle; wrinkled |
| 褶 | zhě | pleat; crease |
| 折皱 (折皺) | zhé zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 折痕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding; (fig.) complicated |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 转折 (轉折) | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; turnaround |
| 痕迹 (痕跡) | hén jì | vestige; mark |
| 伤痕 (傷痕) | shāng hén | scar; bruise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crease”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.