伤 shāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
伤痕
shānghén
scar; wound mark
Characters in this word
痕 hén
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 城市更新不应抹去历史伤痕，而应让后人理解灾难的代价。 Chéngshì gēngxīn bù yīng mǒqù lìshǐ shānghén, ér yīng ràng hòurén lǐjiě zāinàn de dàijià. Urban renewal should not erase historical scars; it should help later generations understand the cost of disaster.
- 那棵老树的树干上还留着暴风雨留下的伤痕。 Nà kē lǎoshù de shùgàn shàng hái liúzhe bàofēngyǔ liúxià de shānghén. The trunk of that old tree still bears the scars left by the storm.
- 时间久了，他心里的伤痕慢慢愈合了。 Shíjiān jiǔle, tā xīnlǐ de shānghén mànmàn yùhéle. With time, the wounds in his heart slowly healed.
Related words
- 伤 shāng to injure; injury
- 伤心 shāngxīn sad
- 受伤 shòushāng to get injured
- 伤害 shānghài to hurt; to harm
- 悲伤 bēishāng sad
- 伤口 shāngkǒu wound
- 伤亡 shāngwáng to be injured; casualties
- 伤员 shāngyuán wounded person
- 损伤 sǔnshāng to harm
- 创伤 chuāngshāng trauma; wound
- 救死扶伤 jiùsǐfúshāng to heal the wounded and rescue the dying
- 伤脑筋 shāngnǎojīn to be troublesome; to be a headache