凹痕
āo​hén

dent

凹 āo concave

Pictograph of a concavity. Opposite of 凸.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqriːw
qriːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

痕 hén scar

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡɯːn
Unicodehən

說文解字

胝瘢也。从疒艮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)