The kanji 傷: meaning, readings and stroke order

傷

Meaning: wound, get hurt
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: きず kizu、いた（む） itamu、いた（める） itameru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vết thương, bị thương (thương)
Japanese: きず。けがをする。
Korean: 상처, 다치다 (상)
Chinese: 伤口、受伤 (伤)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

傷しょう害がい
injury
旅行の前に 傷しょう害がい保険に入ります。
Before the trip, we get accident insurance.

きず kizu · kun reading

傷きず
cut, wound
ひざの 傷きずがやっと治りました。
The cut on my knee finally healed.

いた（む） itamu · kun reading · less common

傷いたむ
to go bad, to get damaged
暑さで食べ物が 傷いたみます。
Food goes bad in the heat.

いた（める） itameru · kun reading · less common

傷いためる
to hurt, to damage
むりをして体を 傷いためました。
I pushed myself too hard and hurt my body.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.