痕

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scar; traces

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 艮 sound ( gèn )

Components 疒艮

trace · Heisig RSH #2672

sickness + silver

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
布痕瓦尔德	Bù hén wǎ ěr dé	Buchenwald
无痕模式	wú hén mó shì	(computing) incognito mode
不落痕迹	bù luò hén jì	to leave no trace; seamless; professional
不着痕迹	bù zhuó hén jì	to leave no trace; seamlessly; unobtrusively
无痕	wú hén	traceless
弹痕累累	dàn hén lěi lěi	bullet-riddled
伤痕累累	shāng hén lěi lěi	cuts and bruises all over the body
条痕	tiáo hén	weal (e.g. from whipping); streak
弹痕	dàn hén	bullet hole; shell hole
印痕	yìn hén	mark; print; impression
伤痕	shāng hén	scar; bruise
斑痕	bān hén	stain; mark; scar; (fig.) psychological scar; stain on one's reputation
折痕	zhé hén	crease; fold
裂痕	liè hén	crack; gap; split
创痕	chuāng hén	scar (physical or psychological)
划痕	huá hén	a scratch
刻痕	kè hén	notch
痕迹	hén jì	vestige; mark; trace
污痕	wū hén	blot
泪痕	lèi hén	tear stains

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
艮 sound part	gèn	blunt; tough, chewy
眼	yǎn	eyelet, hole, opening
根	gēn	root, basis, foundation
银	yín	silver; cash, money, wealth
退	tuì	to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
限	xiàn	boundary, limit, line
恨	hèn	to dislike, to hate, to resent
跟	gēn	heel; to accompany, to follow; with
龈	yín	gums
狠	hěn	vicious, fierce, cruel
垦	kěn	to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim
恳	kěn	sincere, earnest, cordial
垠	yín	boundary, river bank
哏	gén	the clamor of an argument; funny; odd
很	hěn	very, quite, much
茛	gèn	ranunculus
裉	kèn	a garment seam