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傷

wound
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingきず、いた.む、いた.める
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. woundRtK
    彼女の後頭部の傷から血が流れている。Blood is flowing from the wound at the back of her head.tatoeba
    彼は負傷した兵士を近くの茂みまで引っ張って行った。He pulled the wounded soldier to the nearby bush.tatoeba
  2. cut
  3. gash
  4. hurt
    彼は氷の上で転んで脚を傷めた。He fell down on the ice and hurt his leg.tatoeba
    彼は彼女の心無い言葉に感情を傷つけられた。He was very hurt by her cruel words.tatoeba
  5. impair
  6. injure
    彼は負傷して地面に倒れていた。He lay injured on the ground.tatoeba
  7. injury
  8. pain
  9. scar
  10. weak point
  1. bruise

Synonyms

玉に瑕

Popular Usage

火傷傷付く

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · reclining · lying down · piggy bank · sun (日) · day (日) · piglets

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1071

Compound words

傷つけるきずつける
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
火傷やけど
burn; scald; getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
外傷がいしょう
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
軽傷けいしょう
minor injury
殺傷さっしょう
killing and wounding; bloodshed
傷害しょうがい
injury; inflicting bodily injury
傷口きずぐち
(opening of a) wound; cut
傷者しょうしゃ
wounded person; casualty; injured person
損傷そんしょう
damage; injury
中傷ちゅうしょう
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
負傷ふしょう
injury; wound
無傷むきず
unhurt; uninjured; unwounded; unscathed; unharmed
重傷じゅうしょう
serious wound; serious injury
傷跡きずあと
scar
死傷者ししょうしゃ
casualties; the killed and wounded
致命傷ちめいしょう
fatal wound
傷つくきずつく
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
擦り傷すりきず
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
哀傷あいしょう
sorrow
感傷かんしょう
sentiment
丸傷たまきず
bullet wound
挫傷ざしょう
sprain
刺傷さしきず
stab wound
愁傷しゅうしょう
grief

Additional Examples

彼の周りのものは全て粉々に吹き飛ばされたが、彼はすり傷１つ負わずに逃げた。すりきず
Everything around him was blown to pieces, yet he escaped without a scratch.tatoeba
羽に深い傷を負った小鳥を見つけました。きず
I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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