创面 (chuāng miàn) — wound surface; surface of a wound

Definition

noun

wound surfacesurface of a wound

Measure word · 个

创面。
Yī shēng zǐ xì qīng chú le chuāng miàn shàng de huài sǐ zǔ zhī.
The doctor carefully removed the necrotic tissue on the wound surface.
创面。
Bǎo chí chuāng miàn gān zào yǒu zhù yú yù hé.
Keeping the wound surface dry helps it heal.
创面。
Guān chá chuāng miàn yán sè biàn huà kě yǐ pàn duàn gǎn rǎn qíng kuàng.
Observing color changes on the wound surface can help determine the infection status.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

创 (wound) + 面 (surface) gives the surface of a wound.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 創; 创 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

倉

倉cāng創chuàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 創 pairs 倉 with 刀 (knife) to write 'wound', and 倉 gives the pronunciation. The simplified 创 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.