The Chinese word **裂痕 (lièhén)**, meaning "crack" or "fissure," is a compound noun formed by combining two semantic characters: **裂 (liè)**, which means "to split" or "to crack," and **痕 (hén)**, which means "mark," "trace," or "scar." Together, they create a precise and vivid image where **裂** conveys the action or state of breaking apart, and **痕** denotes the visible result or evidence left behind. This formation follows a common Chinese morphological pattern where the first character modifies or specifies the second, resulting in a meaning that is more than the sum of its parts—literally, "a splitting mark," which perfectly captures both the physical and metaphorical sense of a damage line in an object or, by extension, in a relationship.