皺

See also: 皱

Translingual

Han character

皺 (radical 107 皮+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心山木竹水 (PUDHE), four-corner 2444₇, composition ⿰芻皮)

1. wrinkles, creases, folds

References

• KangXi: page 791, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22899
• Dae Jaweon: page 1207, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2757, character 17
• Unihan data for U+76BA

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Chinese

trad.		皺
simp.		皱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chou⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau³
    • Yale: jau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	皺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂuwH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiuH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ts]ˤro-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrus/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˤro-s/
English	wrinkles
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皺
Reading #	1/1
No.	1597
Phonetic component	芻
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	皺
Old Chinese	/*ʔsrus/

Definitions

皺

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Japanese

Kanji

皺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu)
• Kan’on: すう (sū)
• Kan’yōon: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: さび (sabi), しぼ (shibo), しわ (shiwa)

Compounds

Compounds

皺曲 (しゅうきょく) ‎(shūkyoku) 皺襞 (しゅうへき) ‎(shūheki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
皺
さび Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Origins unclear. Possibly related to 錆 ‎(sabi, “rust, oxidation”), from the way the surface of something changes.

Noun

皺 ‎(hiragana さび, romaji sabi)

1. a pattern of cracks and wrinkles on the surface of an 烏帽子 ‎(eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black hat”) formed as the black lacquer dries

Derived terms

Derived terms

大皺 (おおさび) ‎(ōsabi) 小皺 (こさび) ‎(kosabi) 皺烏帽子 (さびえぼし) ‎(sabi eboshi) 柳皺 (やなぎさび) ‎(yanagisabi) 横皺 (よこさび) ‎(yokosabi) 横皺 (よこさび)の烏帽子 (えぼし) ‎(yokosabi no eboshi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
皺
しぼ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Probably from stem shiwo of classical verb shiworu, modern shioru (萎る, 撓る: “to make something loosen, to make something wither and wrinkle”). Probably cognate with shiwa below.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) し​ぼ [shíꜜbò] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕibo̞]

Noun

皺 ‎(hiragana しぼ, romaji shibo)

1. a pattern of cracks and wrinkles on the surface of an 烏帽子 ‎(eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black hat”) formed as the black lacquer dries
2. a pattern of puckers and bulges in a cloth, caused by the warp and woof of the material
3. a similar pattern of puckers and bulges formed on the surface of paper or leather

Derived terms

Derived terms

皺紙 (しぼがみ) ‎(shibogami) 皺丸太 (しぼまるた) ‎(shibomaruta) 竹皺 (たけしぼ) ‎(takeshibo)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
皺
しわ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Probably from stem shiwa of verb shiwaru (撓る: “to sag, as something elastic that has lost its bounce”). Probably cognate with shibo above.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しわ [shìwá] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɰᵝa̠]

Alternative forms

• 皴

Noun

皺 ‎(hiragana しわ, romaji shiwa)

1. wrinkles in skin, paper, cloth, or some other surface
2. ripples on the surface of water
3. a pattern of cracks and wrinkles on the surface of an 烏帽子 ‎(eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black hat”) formed as the black lacquer dries

Derived terms

Derived terms

雄陽皺 (おひじわ) ‎(ohijiwa) 小皺 (こじわ) ‎(kojiwa) 皺紙 (しわがみ) ‎(shiwagami) 皺 (しわ)くちゃ ‎(shiwakucha) 皺皺 (しわしわ) ‎(shiwashiwa) 皺伸 (しわの)ばし ‎(shiwanobashi) 皺腹 (しわばら) ‎(shiwabara) 皺 (しわ)ぶ ‎(shiwabu) 皺 (しわ)む ‎(shiwamu) 皺 (しわ)める ‎(shiwameru) 皺寄 (しわよ)せ ‎(shiwayose) 畳 (たた)み皺 (じわ) ‎(tatamijiwa) 縦皺 (たてじわ) ‎(tatejiwa) 縮緬皺 (ちりめんじわ) ‎(chirimenjiwa) 防皺 (ぼうしわ) ‎(bōshiwa) 防皺加工 (ぼうしわかこう) ‎(bōshiwa kakō) 雌陽皺 (めひじわ) ‎(mehijiwa) 笑 (わら)い皺 (じわ) ‎(waraijiwa)

Idioms

Idioms

皺伸 (しわの)ぶ ‎(shiwa nobu), 皺 (しわ)が伸 (の)びる ‎(shiwa ga nobiru): “one's wrinkles slacken” → to become light-hearted in old age 皺 (しわ)を伸 (の)ばす ‎(shiwa o nobasu): “to slacken one's wrinkles” → to relax, to take a breather, to let it all hang out; to smooth out wrinkles, such as by ironing

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Korean

Hanja

皺 • ‎(chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

皺 (trứu, nhíu, sô)

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