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U+75A4, 疤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75A4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 104, +4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大日山 (KAU), four-corner 00117, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 769, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22051
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1180, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2664, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+75A4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *praː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *praː).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːr (bloom, flower), as scars could be seen as "flowery" outgrowths on skin. See (OC *pʰraː, “flower”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 104
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*praː/

Definitions

  1. scar; cicatrix (Classifier: m;  m c)
  2. mark (on a tool or implement) (Classifier: m;  m c)

Usage notes

  • In Mandarin, the measure word (dào) is usually used for thick scars, whilst (tiáo) is typically used for thin scars.

Synonyms

  • (scar):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: (he)
  • Kan-on: (ha)
  • Kun: やまい (yamai, )

Korean

Hanja

(pa) (hangeul , revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ba

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