痕
mark, foot print
Readings
On'yomi
- コン
Kun'yomi
- あと
Meaning
痕 centers on a visible trace left behind: a mark, scar, or footprint that shows something was there.
Most common words using 痕
20 of 43- 痕跡こんせき
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
- 痕こん
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
- 血痕けっこん
bloodstain
- 爪痕そうこん
fingernail mark; scratch
- 爪痕つめあと
fingernail mark; scratch
- 瘢痕はんこん
scar; cicatrix
- 弾痕だんこん
bullet hole; bullet mark
- 痘痕あばた
pockmark
- 痘痕いも
smallpox
- ゲソ痕ゲソこん
shoe print (of a suspect at a crime scene); footprint
- タイヤ痕タイヤこん
skid mark; tire mark; tyre mark
- ブレーキ痕ブレーキこん
brake marks; skid marks
- 刀痕とうこん
sword scar
- 切痕せっこん
notch; indentation; crena; incisure; foramen
- 創痕そうこん
scar
- 圧痕あっこん
impression; indentation
- 墨痕ぼっこん
ink marks; handwriting
- 墨痕淋漓ぼっこんりんり
in bold, vivid brush strokes
- 手術痕しゅじゅつこん
operation scar; scar from an operation
- 抽筒子痕ちゅうとうしこん
extractor mark (on a cartridge)
Study
Etymology
痕 combines 疒 (sickness) with 艮, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a remaining trace or mark, as in a scar left after an illness.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 艮, like a scar or mark left on the body after an illness. Picture a visible footprint or trace that remains.
Reading mnemonic
For コン, imagine a con artist leaving a fake footprint at a crime scene: con -> コン, and the mark is the trace they left behind.