傷 — wound, hurt, injure

きず傷 wound

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+50B7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #845 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1071 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wound
hurt
injure
impair
pain
injury
cut
gash
scar
weak point

word

きず kizu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

傷(きず) kizu wound 傷(きず) つける kizutsukeru to wound 傷(きず) つく kizutsuku to be hurt

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

負(ふ) 傷(しょう) fushou injury 中(ちゅう) 傷(しょう) chuushou slander 損(そん) 傷(しょう) sonshou damage 傷(しょう) 害(がい) shougai injury 外(がい) 傷(しょう) gaishou external wound

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

𬀷 wound (component)

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