hén

scar

traces

illness radical (疒) + sound hint (艮) = scar or trace left on the body

疒 signals illness or bodily harm, grounding the character in physical damage to the body. 艮 mainly contributes the sound hén; the sickness radical carries the meaning of a wound that lingers.

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IllnessSemantic
A trigram symbolPhonetic

他手上有一道很深的伤

tā shǒu shang yǒu yī dào hěn shēn de shāng hén。

He has a very deep scar on his hand.

地上还留着昨晚下雨的水

dì shang hái liú zhe zuó wǎn xià yǔ de shuǐ hén。

On the ground there are still traces of last night's rain.

Words with 痕

吻痕

wěn hén

hickey

污痕

wū hén

blot

不落痕迹

bù luò hén jì

to leave no trace

不着痕迹

bù zhuó hén jì

to leave no trace

伤痕

shāng hén

scar

伤痕累累

shāng hén lěi lěi

cuts and bruises all over the body

凹痕

āo hén

dent

刻痕

kè hén

notch

创痕

chuāng hén

scar (physical or psychological)

划痕

huá hén

a scratch

印痕

yìn hén

mark; print; impression

咬痕

yǎo hén

bite scar

More characters with 疒