疤

疤 U+75A4, 疤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75A4 ← 疣 [U+75A3] CJK Unified Ideographs 疥 → [U+75A5]

Translingual

Han character

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

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.		疤
alternative forms		㿬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
巴	*praː
芭	*praː
笆	*praː, *braːʔ
豝	*praː
鈀	*praː, *pʰraː
吧	*praː, *pʰraː
蚆	*praː, *pʰraː
疤	*praː
把	*praːʔ
爸	*praːs, *baʔ
弝	*praːs
靶	*praːs
葩	*pʰraː
舥	*pʰraː
妑	*pʰraː
帊	*pʰraːs
琶	*braː
爬	*braː
杷	*braː, *braːs, *braːs
跁	*braːʔ, *braːs
耙	*braːs

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā (ba¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ba¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ba¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bá
• Eastern Min (BUC): bă
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹po
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
    • Palladius: ба (ba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baa¹
    • Yale: bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pa⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pa¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
    • Tâi-lô: pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹po
    • MiniDict: po^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹po
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /po⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa̠³³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*praː/

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

Definitions

疤

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (scar):

Dialectal synonyms of 疤 (“scar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		疤, 疤痕
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	疤瘌
	Harbin	疤, 疤瘌
	Singapore	疤痕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	疤瘌
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	疤
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	疤瘌
	Wanrong	疤
	Xi'an	疤疤子, 疤疤兒, 疤
	Xining	疤疤兒, 疤疤
	Xuzhou	疤婁
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	疤疤子, 疤疤兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	疤
	Lanzhou	疤, 疤疤子 small
	Ürümqi	疤瘌, 疤
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	疤疤, 疤
	Wuhan	瘤子, 疤子
	Guiyang	疤疤, 印子, 印印
	Guilin	疤
	Liuzhou	疤
	Nanning (Xiakuojie)	疤
	Dagudi (Maliba)	疤
	Reshuitang (Longling)	疤
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	疤子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	疤
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	疤
	Yangzhou	疤, 疤子
	Hefei	疤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𤶸, 疤
	Hong Kong	𤶸, 疤, 疤痕
	Taishan	𤶸
	Dongguan	𤶸, 𤶸能
	Beihai	疤
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	疤
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	疤
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	疤
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	𤶸
	Móng Cái	疤
Gan	Nanchang	疤
	Lichuan	疤
	Pingxiang	疤
Hakka	Meixian	疤仔, 疤瘌, 疤
	Yudu	疤
	Senai (Huiyang)	疤
Huizhou	Jixi	疤
Jin	Taiyuan	疤
	Xinzhou	疤
Northern Min	Jian'ou	疤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	疤, 疤疤
Southern Min	Xiamen	疤跡, 疤
	Zhangzhou	疤跡, 疤
	Chaozhou	疤
	Bangkok (Teochew)	疤
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	疤
	Leizhou	疤
	Haikou	疤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	疤
Wu	Shanghai	疤, 疤印
	Shanghai (Chongming)	疤, 疤板
	Suzhou	疤
	Danyang	疤
	Hangzhou	疤
	Ningbo	疤
	Wenzhou	疤
	Jinhua	疤
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	瘢
Xiang	Changsha	疤子, 疤
	Shuangfeng	疤

Compounds

• 傷疤 / 伤疤 (shāngbā)
• 刀疤
• 揭瘡疤 / 揭疮疤
• 疤痆
• 疤痕 (bāhén)
• 疤瘌眼
• 疤瘌餅 / 疤瘌饼
• 疤眼
• 痘疤
• 瘡疤 / 疮疤 (chuāngbā)
• 舊瘡疤 / 旧疮疤

 

Japanese

Kanji

疤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

疤: Hán Nôm readings: ba

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