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疤

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scar; scab

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
9
Radical
疒 +4
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
疤
Common rank
#3,393
Unicode
U+75A4

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Formation & memory

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How 疤 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 巴 sound ( bā )

Components 疒 巴

How to remember it

scar · Heisig RSH #2728

sickness + mosaic

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 疤

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
好了疮疤忘了痛 hǎo le chuāng bā wàng le tòng see 好了傷疤忘了疼|好了伤疤忘了疼[hao3 le5 shang1 ba1 wang4 le5 teng2]
好了伤疤忘了疼 hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
节疤 jié bā gnarl; knot
结疤 jié bā to form a scar; to form a scab
刀疤 dāo bā scar from a knife wound
伤疤 shāng bā scar; CL:道[dao4]
疮疤 chuāng bā scar
疤痕 bā hén scar

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 巴 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
巴 sound part bā to desire, to wish for
把 bǎ to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
肥 féi fat, plump, obese; fertile
爬 pá to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep
吧 ba emphatic final particle
芭 bā a plantain or banana palm
爸 bà father, papa
靶 bǎ target, mark
耙 pá to rake
琶 pá a guitar-like instrument (2)
笆 bā bamboo fence
杷 bà loquat tree; axe handle
粑 bā tsamba, flat rice cake
钯 bǎ palladium
鲃 bā shark; bonito
岜 bā rocky mountain