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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

皺

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Japanese

Kanji

(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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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])^[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

Etymology 3

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])^[1][2]
• 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

Idioms

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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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