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.
The soldier who received a slight wound on the battlefield quickly returned to the front line.
Standard kanji spelling for a shallow or slight wound.
Alternate kanji spelling using 傷 (wound); less common than 浅手.
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.