TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
痕
痕 ＝ 疒 ＋ 艮
ㄏㄣˊ · hén
noun — a mark, scar, trace
字源 FORM — what the parts do
疒義the sickness frame — a body against a couch
艮聲gěn — gives the soundto stop, stay put
ITgěn → hén — initial and tone shifted off the donor
The sickness frame (疒) over 艮, which lends the sound — gěn worn to hén. What an injury leaves once it heals: the mark that stays. 艮 carries a fat sound family with it — 很、恨、跟、根 all read off it. From the lingering mark, any trace: 傷痕、痕跡、裂痕.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
傷好了，皮上留一道印子，揭不掉——痕。
The wound heals, but a mark stays on the skin that won't lift off — a scar.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)傷痕、疤痕— a scar, mark常用
→痕跡、裂痕— a trace; a crack常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension