痕 means “scar, trace”

こん · kon

Also: mark, foot print

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あと

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Sickness (疒) and 艮, stubborn and staying put: the mark a hurt leaves behind. 痕 is a scar or trace: 傷痕 is a scar, 痕跡 is a trace or vestige, and 血痕, a bloodstain, is the stuff of detective dramas.

Used in 痕跡 (konseki, trace/vestige), 血痕 (kekkon, bloodstain), and 傷痕 (kizuato, scar)

More from Sickness & Cures

• 痢 diarrhea
• 腫 swell
• 痘 pox
• 瘍 ulcer
• 唾 saliva
• 梗 blockage
• 痩 get thin
• 健 healthy
• 康 ease
• 傷 wound
• 診 examine (a patient)
• 看 watch over

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.