火傷

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 火傷 is read やけど and means a burn, an injury to the skin caused by heat or similar sources.
• Basic usage: It is used to describe an injured area, such as a finger burned by touching a hot pot.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Noun and verbal expression
  • 火傷 is a noun for the injury and can form the verbal expression 火傷する. In 指を火傷した, 指 names the part of the body that was burned.