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傷つく

きずつく

to get hurt

Mnemonic

The mark lands and stays, and this one was made out of words rather than anything you could point at. It took つく, and it keeps: きずつく.

Worth knowing

傷つける きずつける is hurting somebody. 傷つく is being hurt, and it covers feelings as readily as skin.

Built from

wound, hurt
A person 亻 on the left and the mark of something driven into them on the right. What is left after the blow.

Words sharing these kanji

wound, cut

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