傷付く
きずつく · kizutsuku · JLPT N1 · verb-godan
to be hurt
🩹 傷 (kizu, wound) + 付く (tsuku, to stick on) = a wound sticks onto you, so you get hurt
付く means to attach or stick to something. The injury (傷) lands on you and clings, which is why this verb means to be hurt or wounded.
付 — person radical 亻 + hand 寸
付 originally pictured a hand (寸) reaching out to hand something to a person (亻), depicting the act of giving or delivering. The core sense 'to hand over, deliver, pay' has remained stable since ancient bronze inscriptions. It also serves as a phonetic component in characters like 附, 符, and 府.