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Chinese symbol for “creased”

皱褶
zhòu zhě
Traditional: 皺褶
creased; wrinkled; fold; crease

The closest CC-CEDICT match for creased is 皱褶 (zhòu zhě), defined as: creased; wrinkled; fold; crease.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

皱 zhòu
wrinkles, creases, folds
radical 107 ⽪ · 10 strokes
褶 zhě
wrinkle, pleat, crease
radical 145 ⾐ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “creased”

WordPinyinMeaning
揪揪jiū jiucreased; wrinkled; depressed; worried; upset

Related words

Other words that share a character with 皱褶.

WordPinyinMeaning
皱纹 (皺紋)zhòu wénwrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào)
褶皱 (褶皺)zhě zhòufold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold
皱眉 (皺眉)zhòu méito frown; to knit one's brow
皱眉头 (皺眉頭)zhòu méi tóuto scowl; to knit the brows
皱巴巴 (皺巴巴)zhòu bā bāwrinkled; crumpled
百褶裙bǎi zhě qúnpleated skirt
褶子zhě zipleat; fold
菌褶jùn zhělamella (under the cap of a mushroom)

See also: Japanese symbol for “creased”.

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.