What 皺 means
It means a wrinkle, crease, or fold.
Read it inside its word: 皺紋 means wrinkles on skin or fabric, and 皺眉 means knitted brows, hence frowning. The 皮 part points to skin or a surface, while 芻 gives the sound.
Is 皺 traditional or simplified?
Traditional; simplified writes 皱.
Use 皺 for Traditional Chinese and Japanese しわ, and 皱 for simplified Chinese. Copy it from the palette above to keep the form you need.
Neutral dictionary character; form choice signals Traditional Chinese or Japanese versus simplified Chinese.
Read it with its word, not as a solo reaction.
Questions people ask
1Why does 皺 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 皺
皺\76BACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.