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傷

きず

wound, cut

Mnemonic

A person and the mark of whatever got them, still there a week on and going pale at the edges. His keys きず, in his pocket, going in as he fell. It will close on its own: きず.

Worth knowing

The mark left behind. 切る きる is the verb, doing the cutting.

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.

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