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绉

zhòu

Character Traditional 縐

What 绉 means

1. crepe
2. wrinkle

Words starting with 绉

• 绉褶zhòu zhěvariant of 皱褶

Words containing 绉

• 文绉绉wén zhōu zhōubookish; genteel; erudite

Characters built on 刍

These share the phonetic component 刍 (chú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 诌zhōuto make up (a story); Taiwan pr. zōu
• 驺zōugroom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

Characters that look like 绉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch

Sounds the same

Read zhòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骤sudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 宙eternity; (geology) eon
• 昼daytime
• 皱to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 咒incantation; magic spell; curse
• 胄helmet; descendants
• 纣crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
• 甃brickwork of well
• 酎strong wine
• 㑇(old) beautiful; clever
• 㤘(dialect) stubborn
• 咮beak of bird; peck at