noun
slight wound; minor wound
Dated term for a shallow or minor injury; in modern Japanese, 軽傷 or かすり傷 are more common.
戦場で浅手を負った兵士は、すぐに戦線に復帰した。
The soldier who received a slight wound on the battlefield quickly returned to the front line.
Compound of 浅 (shallow) and 手 (hand, but here used as a suffix for injury or wound). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with a minor wound.