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Kotomora

痕

mark, foot print

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

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

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  • 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)

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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.