痕

痕	U+75D5, 痕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75D5

← 痔
[U+75D4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

痖 →
[U+75D6]

Translingual

Han character

痕 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大日女 (KAV), four-corner 0013₂, composition ⿸疒艮)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 773, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22171
Dae Jaweon: page 1183, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2673, character 5
Unihan data for U+75D5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	kʰrɯːnʔ, kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	kʰɯːnʔ, kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	ɡlɯːnʔ, kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	kɯːn, kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	ŋɯːn, ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	ŋɯːn, ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯːn): semantic 疒 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		痕

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hén (hen²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hen²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): han⁴ / han^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): han³
Gan (Wiktionary): hen²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fìn

(Hailu, HRS): hiun

(Meixian, Guangdong): hên¹
Jin (Wiktionary): heng¹
Northern Min (KCR): hô̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): hòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hong² / huong² / huerng² / heng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghen
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hen²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hén
  - Wade–Giles: hên²
  - Yale: hén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hern
  - Palladius: хэнь (xɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hen²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: han⁴ / han^4-2
  - Yale: hàhn / hán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: han⁴ / han^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: hen⁴ / hen^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn²¹/, /hɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Note:

han4-2 - “mark; trace”.

(Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: han³
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /han²²/

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: hen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛn²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fin²
  - Sinological IPA: /fin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiun
  - Sinological IPA: /hiun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hɛn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: heng¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hô̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /houŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ¹³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ¹³/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ²⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ²⁴/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huerng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɯəŋ²⁴/
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: héng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛŋ¹³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /he̞ŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛŋ²⁴/

Note:

hong2/huong2/huerng2 - vernacular;
heng2 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn
  - Tâi-lô: hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huun
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghen
  - MiniDict: ghen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦən²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: hen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən¹³/

Middle Chinese: hon

Rime
Character	痕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸恩切
Baxter	hon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦən/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦən/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦən/
Li Rong	/ɣən/
Wang Li	/ɣən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	han⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痕
Reading #	1/1
No.	3934
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯːn/

Definitions

痕

scar; cicatrix (Classifier: 條／条 m)
trace; mark; evidence; vestige; trail (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

Compounds

一痕
不著痕跡 / 不着痕迹 (bùzhuóhénjì)
傷痕 / 伤痕 (shānghén)
傷痕文學 / 伤痕文学 (shānghén wénxué)
傷痕累累 / 伤痕累累 (shānghénlěilěi)
刀痕
刮垢磨痕
刮痕
刻痕
創痕 / 创痕
印痕 (yìnhén)
啼痕
屋漏痕
履痕
彈痕 / 弹痕
彈痕分析 / 弹痕分析
必痕
手痕 (shǒuhén)
手痕碑
指痕
摺痕 / 折痕 (zhéhén)
敆痕
斑痕 (bānhén)
斧鑿痕 / 斧凿痕
新痕
日痕
春夢無痕 / 春梦无痕
月痕
枕痕
檀痕
殷痕
水痕
汙痕 / 污痕 (wūhén)
江痕
沙痕
波痕
洗垢尋痕 / 洗垢寻痕
浪痕
淚痕 / 泪痕 (lèihén)
溫痕 / 温痕
漲痕 / 涨痕
漬痕 / 渍痕
潮痕
煙痕 / 烟痕
燒痕 / 烧痕
爪痕
玉痕
瑕痕
疤痕 (bāhén)
痕印
痕廢 / 痕废
痕影
痕撻 / 痕挞
痕沫
痕瑕
痕璺
痕痕
痕瘕
痕穢 / 痕秽
痕竅 / 痕窍
痕累
痕翳
痕路
痕跡 / 痕迹 (hénjì)
痕都斯坦
痕釁 / 痕衅
痕量 (hénliàng)
瘡痕 / 疮痕
瘢痕 (bānhén)
皺痕 / 皱痕 (zhòuhén)
眉痕
笑痕
篙痕
花月痕
苔痕
蝸痕 / 蜗痕
血痕 (xuèhén)
裂痕 (lièhén)
補痕 / 补痕
褶痕
詩痕 / 诗痕
蹟痕 / 迹痕
蹙痕
遺痕 / 遗痕
酒痕
釵腳漏痕 / 钗脚漏痕
離痕 / 离痕
霜痕
鞭痕
餘痕 / 余痕
魂痕
墨痕
黛痕
齒痕 / 齿痕 (chǐhén)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		痕

Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Zhuang haenz (“itchy”) (< Proto-Tai *ɣalᴬ (“to itch”)), humz (“to itch”), Hlai kom (“to itch”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): han⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: han⁴
  - Yale: hàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: han⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn²¹/

Definitions

痕

(Cantonese, Pinghua) itchy
我呢度好痕。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
ngo⁵ nei¹ dou⁶ hou² han⁴. [Jyutping]
It's really itchy right here.

𢯎痕 [Cantonese] ― ngaau¹ han⁴ [Jyutping] ― to scratch an itch

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 癢 (“itchy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		癢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	癢, 癢癢, 刺撓
	Taiwan	癢
	Chengde	癢
	Ulanhot	刺撓
	Tongliao	刺撓
	Chifeng	癢, 刺撓
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	癢, 刺撓
	Heihe	癢
	Qiqihar	癢
	Harbin	癢癢, 細癢, 刺撓, 刺癢
	Jiamusi	癢, 刺撓
	Baicheng	癢
	Changchun	刺撓
	Tonghua	刺撓
	Shenyang	癢, 刺撓
	Jinzhou	癢
	Malaysia	癢
	Singapore	癢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	癢癢
	Tangshan	癢
	Cangzhou	癢
	Baoding	癢
	Shijiazhuang	癢
	Lijin	癢, 癢癢
	Jinan	癢, 癢癢, 刺撓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	癢
	Dandong	癢, 刺撓
	Yantai	癢
	Yantai (Muping)	癢癢
	Qingdao	癢, 癢癢
	Zhucheng	癢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	刺撓
	Lingbao	癢
	Jining	癢癢
	Linfen	咬人
	Shangqiu	癢
	Yuanyang	癢
	Zhengzhou	癢
	Xinyang	癢
	Baihe	癢
	Xi'an	癢, 咬人, 咬
	Baoji	癢, 咬人
	Tianshui	癢, 咬
	Xining	癢, 咬
	Xuzhou	癢, 癢癢, 刺撓
	Fuyang	癢, 癢癢
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	咬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	癢, 刺撓
	Bayanhot	癢
	Lanzhou	癢
	Dunhuang	癢
	Hami	癢
	Ürümqi	癢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	癢, 咬
	Nanchong	癢
	Dazhou	癢
	Hanyuan	癢
	Xichang	癢
	Zigong	癢
	Chongqing	癢
	Wuhan	癢
	Yichang	癢
	Xiangyang	癢
	Tianmen	癢
	Guiyang	癢
	Zunyi	癢
	Bijie	癢
	Liping	癢
	Zhaotong	癢
	Dali	癢
	Kunming	癢
	Mengzi	癢
	Guilin	癢
	Liuzhou	癢
	Nanning (Wuming)	癢
	Jishou	癢
	Changde	癢
	Hanzhong	癢, 咬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	癢
	Yangzhou	癢
	Lianyungang	癢, 癢癢
	Lianshui	癢
	Nantong	癢
	Anqing	癢
	Wuhu	癢
	Hefei	癢
	Hong'an	癢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	痕, 癢
	Hong Kong	痕, 痕癢
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	癢, 痎
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	痎
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	痎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	痎
	Taishan	痎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	痎
	Dongguan	癢
	Yangjiang	癢
	Nanning	痕
	Nanning (Tanka)	痕
	Hepu (Shatian)	痎
	Guiping	痕
	Guiping (Jintian)	痕
	Guiping (Mule)	痕
	Pingnan	痕
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	痕
	Guigang (Pingdong)	痕
	Beihai	痕
	Beihai (Nankang)	痎
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	痕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	痎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	痕
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	痎
	Singapore (Guangfu)	痕
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	痕
	Móng Cái	痕
Gan	Nanchang	癢
Hakka	Meixian	癢
	Xingning	痎
	Dabu (Xihe)	癢
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	痎
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	痎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	癢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	癢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	痎
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	癢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	癢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	癢
	Hong Kong	痎
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	癢
	Senai (Huiyang)	痎
Huizhou	Jixi	癢
Huizhou	Shexian	癢
Jin	Taiyuan	癢, 癢癢, 刺癢
	Yangyuan	癢
	Datong	癢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	咬人, 咬
	Changzhi	癢, 咬搔
	Taibus (Baochang)	癢
	Linhe	癢, 咬
	Jining	癢, 咬
	Hohhot	癢, 圪搔, 刺撓
	Baotou	咬
	Dongsheng	咬
	Haibowan	咬
	Erenhot	咬
	Pingshan	癢癢
	Zhangjiakou	癢
	Handan	癢
	Linzhou	癢
	Suide	咬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	癢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癢
Southern Min	Xiamen	癢, 擽, 刺鑿, 刺疫
	Quanzhou	癢, 擽, 刺鑿, 刺疫
	Zhangzhou	癢, 擽
	Taipei	癢
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	癢
	Kaohsiung	癢
	Yilan	癢
	Changhua (Lukang)	癢
	Taichung	癢
	Tainan	癢
	Hsinchu	癢
	Kinmen	癢
	Penghu (Magong)	癢
	Penang (Hokkien)	癢, gatai
	Singapore (Hokkien)	癢
	Manila (Hokkien)	癢
	Chaozhou	癢
	Shantou	癢
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	癢
	Jieyang	癢
	Haifeng	痎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	癢
	Pontianak (Teochew)	癢
	Leizhou	癢
	Haikou	癢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	痕
Wu	Suzhou	癢, 肉癢
Wu	Wenzhou	癢
Xiang	Changsha	癢
Xiang	Shuangfeng	癢

Compounds

口痕 (hau² han⁴) (Cantonese)
口痕友 (Cantonese)
口痕痕 (Cantonese)
屎窟痕 (Cantonese)
手痕 (sau² han⁴) (Cantonese)
𢯎痕 (ngaau¹ han⁴) (Cantonese)
搲痕 (Cantonese)
痕癢 / 痕痒 (han⁴ joeng⁵) (Cantonese)
身痕 (san¹ han⁴) (Cantonese)
頭痕 / 头痕 (tau⁴ han⁴) (Cantonese)

References

“痕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “痕”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 230.