傷
wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
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
20 of 186- 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
Study
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.