Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

痕: mark, foot print

N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

疒 carries the meaning · 艮 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 痕跡こんせきtrace; vestige; mark
  • 血痕けっこんbloodstain
  • 弾痕だんこんbullet hole; bullet mark

Also read あと, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
痕 mark · 疒
vs根 root · 木
痕 has 疒 where 根 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hén

Same form: 痕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
痕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
痕 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hén most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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