疤 bā scar
scar; cicatrix
How to remember 疤: 疒 illness + 巴 wait for = scar. After a long illness and surgery, the boy can hardly wait for his friends to see the cool scar across his knee.
Component breakdown
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
疤 = 疒 illness + 巴 wait for
- 疒 illness meaning
- 巴 wait for sound
After a long illness and surgery, the boy can hardly wait for his friends to see the cool scar across his knee.
How it came to be
Illness gives the meaning and the part inside the sound; the word means a scar.
How it is used
- A scar: 伤疤 (shāngbā) a scar/wound-mark, 疤痕 (bāhén) a scar.
- 好了伤疤忘了疼 (hǎole shāngbā wàngle téng), once the scar heals you forget the pain, means to forget past suffering (and its lessons) too easily.