noun
wound opening; cut
Refers to the physical opening or break in the skin from an injury; also used metaphorically for emotional wounds or reopened conflicts.
傷口がまだ痛む。
The wound still hurts.
その言葉は古い傷口を開いた。
Those words reopened an old wound.
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common word.
Rarely used kanji form.
傷 is a general term for injury, wound, or flaw, while 傷口 specifically refers to the opening or site of the wound.
Compound of 傷 (kizu, 'wound') and 口 (kuchi, 'mouth; opening'), literally 'wound opening'.