襞
creases; folds or pleats in a garment
Closest English meanings
fold·pleat·crease
The Calligrapher — Táng Yín 唐寅
Ming 'Talented' painter-calligrapher of elegant running script.
Ming calligrapher (1470–1524), master of running script — known for 《落花诗册》. Ming dynasty
Cultural Story
Zhang Heng's Western Capital Rhapsody describes silk piled in folded richness, bi ji, the bi the gathers and pleats of a court lady's dress rendered in the poet's line. The character names the crease as something composed, the fold arranged rather than fallen. To bi was to pleat the cloth and the verse together.
Common words & phrases
- 衣襞 fold of a garment
- 襞褶 pleats · folds
- 胃襞 gastric fold
Read the story behind the character
A tailor studies the yi bi, the fold of a gown, in the pattern, and the anatomy chart labels the wei bi, the gastric fold, inside the stomach wall. The word bi zhe names pleats in cloth or in flesh. The character is the crease, whether sewn into silk or scored into the body's inner lining.
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