Chinese symbol for “wrinkles”
纹路
wén lù
Traditional: 紋路
veined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wrinkles is 纹路 (wén lù), defined as: veined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wrinkles”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纹路.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 花纹 (花紋) | huā wén | decorative design |
| 皱纹 (皺紋) | zhòu wén | wrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 纹理 (紋理) | wén lǐ | vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc) |
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wrinkles”.
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.