褶

褶 · zhě

pleat, crease, wrinkles

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhě
Cantonese
zip3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

pleat, crease, wrinkles

Dictionary definitions & readings

褶 xí · (arch.) court dress

褶 zhě · pleat; crease; Taiwan pr. zhé

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53112.220:dié,xí,zhě Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1464.080:zhě Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
470.090:zhě Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhě粵zip3 xí粵zaap6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュウ チョウ ジョウ ジュウ かさねる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
습:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
chấp Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
是執 似入 徒協 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LSMA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3726.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1122.410 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
531.19 531.37 541.59 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0690g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8936
Radical
衣 · 145
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6185

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
褶
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzyip · 是執 · 深開三入侵常 · #3744
Middle Chinese
zip · 似入 · 深開三入侵邪 · #3746
Middle Chinese
dep · 徒協 · 咸開四入添定 · #3830

PHONO-ML, source line 19551; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1219.205
kDaeJaweon
1590.270
kGSR
0690g
kHanYu
53112.220
kIRGDaeJaweon
1590.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53112.220
kIRGKangXi
1122.410
kKangXi
1122.410
kMatthews
6324
kMorohashi
34525 34525:E0101
kNelson
4262
kSBGY
531.19 531.37 541.59
kSMSZD2003Index
633.14
kCangjie
LSMA
kFourCornerCode
3726.2
kMojiJoho
MJ024109 MJ024109:E0101 MJ024110:E0102
kPhonetic
39
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-715E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1B7
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A79
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E4ED
kIRG_KSource
K0-6328
kIRG_TSource
T1-7542
kIRG_VSource
V1-6660
kRSUnicode
145.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C1B7
kCCCII
215778
kCNS1986
1-7542
kCNS1992
1-7542
kEACC
215778
kGB0
8162
kGB1
8162
kJis0
7489
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5977
kTGH
2013:6185
kTaiwanTelegraph
5977
kXerox
267:353
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6622+145.5.11
kCantonese
zip3
kDefinition
pleat, crease, wrinkles
kFanqie
是執 似入 徒協
kHangul
습:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53112.220:dié,xí,zhě
kJapanese
シュウ チョウ ジョウ ジュウ かさねる
kJapaneseKun
KASANERU
kJapaneseOn
CHOU SHUU SHOU
kKorean
SUP CHEP
kMandarin
zhě
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhě粵zip3 xí粵zaap6
kTGHZ2013
470.090:zhě
kVietnamese
chấp
kXHC1983
1464.080:zhě
kSemanticVariant
U+8975<kSMSZD2003Index:T

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Structure & connections

0.10
13dictionary records using 褶0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
衤 beside 習 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰衤習$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰衤習$(GHTJKPV)

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