痘痕

Chinese

		small pox	scar; traces; (Cantonese) itchy
simp. and trad. (痘痕)		痘	痕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòuhén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄏㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòuhén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄏㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòuhén
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-hên²
    • Yale: dòu-hén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowhern
    • Palladius: доухэнь (douxɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ xən³⁵/

Noun

痘痕

1. pockmark

Japanese

Kanji in this term
痘	痕
あばた
Grade: S	Grade: S
jukujikun

Etymology

Thought to be derived from Sanskrit अर्बुद (arbuda, “sore, tumor”). Supposedly, was first used by Buddhist monks (as 頞部陀(あぶだ) (abuda)) in reference to Arbuda (the Buddhist hell of chilblains).

Noun

痘痕(あばた) or 痘痕(アバタ) • (abata) 

1. pockmark (mark or scar)

   痘痕(あばた)も靨(えくぼ) ― abata mo ekubo ― love is blind (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

Idioms

• 痘痕(あばた)も靨(えくぼ) (abata mo ekubo)

References

• “〈痘痕〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025