皻 (cū): chapped or roughened skin (rare…

Meanings

1 chapped or roughened skin (rare archaic reading)

Characters

皻

cū

chapped or roughened skin (rare archaic reading)

Examples

整冬在田中劳作，农人之手皻裂。

Zhěng dōng zài tián zhōng láozuò, nóngrén zhī shǒu cū liè.

After working all winter in the fields, the laborer's hands were rough and cracked.

Tips

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Archaic — definitions follow classical attestation only. This cū reading appears as a marginal gloss in old lexicons paired with 皴 (chapped skin). Modern medical and everyday Chinese always uses 皴裂 or 皲裂. You'll only see this reading in older paleographic dictionaries.

Components

radical

皮 pí

skin

Left 皮 (Kangxi #107, skin) — anchors the meaning unambiguously in a skin condition. Pairs with 皴 (chapped) and 皲 (cracked) in the skin-condition family.

phonetic

差 chà

differ (here phonetic)

Right 差 — phonetic. The reading drifted from chā/chà to zhā in this character. Same phonetic in 搓 (rub) and 嗟 (sigh).