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傷

wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • ショウ

Kun'yomi

  • きず
  • いた.む
  • いた.める

Meaning

傷 centers on physical or emotional damage: a wound, injury, cut, or scar, and by extension a weak point or something that causes pain or impairment.

Most common words using 傷

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  • 傷きず
    N4

    wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar

  • 負傷ふしょう
    N2

    injury; wound

  • 傷つけるきずつける
    N1

    to wound; to injure

  • 損傷そんしょう

    damage; injury

  • 傷つくきずつく
    N2

    to be wounded; to get injured

  • 中傷ちゅうしょう
    N1

    slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

  • 傷害しょうがい
    N1

    injury; inflicting bodily injury

  • 火傷やけど
    N4

    burn; scald

  • 重傷じゅうしょう
    N1

    serious wound; serious injury

  • 外傷がいしょう

    external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma

  • 致命傷ちめいしょう

    fatal wound

  • 殺傷さっしょう

    killing and wounding; bloodshed

  • 死傷ししょう

    death and injury; being killed or injured

  • 無傷むきず

    unhurt; uninjured; unwounded; unscathed; unharmed

  • 傷跡きずあと
    N2

    scar

  • 傷口きずぐち

    (opening of a) wound; cut

  • 軽傷けいしょう
    N1

    minor injury

  • 感傷かんしょう

    sentiment; sentimentality

  • 傷心しょうしん

    heartbreak; grief; sorrow

  • 傷病しょうびょう

    injuries and sickness; wounds and illness

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Etymology

傷 combines 亻 (person) with 昜, which likely contributes the sound and originally depicted a wound or injury. The modern form suggests a person being hurt.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside the shape 昜, which looks like a sun 日 with rays or something spreading out. Imagine a person getting hurt by sharp rays, leaving a wound or scar.

Reading mnemonic

For ショウ, picture a person showing a wound: show -> ショウ, and the person 亻 reveals the injury.