割伤 (gē shāng) — gash (a deep cut in the skin)

Definition

noun

gash (a deep cut in the skin)

Measure word · 个

割伤。
Tā de shǒu shàng yǒu yí dào hěn shēn de gē shāng.
There is a very deep gash on his hand.
割伤。
Zhè ge gē shāng xū yào féng zhēn cái néng hǎo.
This gash needs stitches to heal.
割伤，。
Yī shēng bāng wǒ qīng lǐ le gē shāng, rán hòu bāo zā qǐ lái.
The doctor cleaned the gash for me, then bandaged it up.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

割 is the cutting action and 伤 the wound it causes, giving a deep cut.

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.

害刂割

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刂Written in full as刀dāo

Sound part声符shēngfú

害

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

割 combines 害, which provides the sound, with 刂, the knife form of 刀, to show cutting.

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 傷; 伤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𥏻

𥏻𥏻傷shāng

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

The traditional form 傷 shows 人, a person, and uses 𥏻 to give the sound; the simplified 伤 is a later shorthand.

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