The kanji 挫: meaning, readings and stroke order
挫
- Meaning
- sprain, lose heart
- On reading
- ザ za
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bong gân, nản chí (tỏa)
- Japanese
- くじく。くじける。
- Korean
- 삐다, 꺾이다 (좌)
- Chinese
- 扭伤、受挫
Readings, words and example sentences
ザ za · on reading · less common
挫折
setback, failure
挫折しても 立ち直ります。
Even after a setback, I get back on my feet.
Practise writing 挫 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 挫 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 10 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.