Chinese symbol for “wrinkle”
皱纹
zhòu wén
Traditional: 皺紋
wrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wrinkle is 皱纹 (zhòu wén), defined as: wrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wrinkle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皱 (皺) | zhòu | to wrinkle; wrinkled |
| 皱缩 (皺縮) | zhòu suō | to wrinkle; wrinkled up |
| 褶皱 (褶皺) | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 折皱 (折皺) | zhé zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle |
| 绉 (縐) | zhòu | crepe; wrinkle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 皱纹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褶皱 (褶皺) | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 皱眉 (皺眉) | zhòu méi | to frown; to knit one's brow |
| 皱眉头 (皺眉頭) | zhòu méi tóu | to scowl; to knit the brows |
| 皱褶 (皺褶) | zhòu zhě | creased; wrinkled |
| 皱巴巴 (皺巴巴) | zhòu bā bā | wrinkled; crumpled |
| 指纹 (指紋) | zhǐ wén | fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers |
| 纹身 (紋身) | wén shēn | variant of 文身 (wén shēn) |
| 条纹 (條紋) | tiáo wén | stripe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wrinkle”.
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.