cūn

common
technical

Meaning of

皴 means to chap; to crack (of skin from cold or dryness); grime; dirt accumulated on the skin. Pronounced cūn.

  • to chap; to crack (of skin from cold or dryness)
  • grime; dirt accumulated on the skin
  • to apply cun (texture strokes) in Chinese painting

Character Info

Radical
Strokes12

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Dōng
tiān
tài
gān
le
 
de
shǒu
dōu
cūn
le
 

It's so dry in winter, my hands are all chapped.

Hái
zi
de
liǎn
bèi
fēng
chuī
cūn
le
 

The child's face is chapped from the wind.

de
shǒu
shuāng
 
rán
róng
cūn
 

Remember to apply hand cream, or it's easy to get chapped.