Kiokun Logo
傷
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
伤
🇨🇳

wound

HSK 10 N1
Human →Actions
shāng
ショウ
きず、いた.む、いた.める
상
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (傷)
亻 person (side)+ ◎ characterless component+ 昜 out =
傷 wound
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
◎
characterless component
昜 Phonetic component
yáng out
to open out, to expand
View phonetic series →
Simplified (伤)
亻 person (side)+ ◎ characterless component+ 力 power =
伤 wound
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
◎
characterless component
力 Simplified component
lì power
power, capability, influence
Shorthand for the phonetic 昜 component in the traditional character 傷.
Notes
Similar Characters
伤 injury (simp)備 prepare (trad/jp)攸 adverbial亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
伤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
伤 / 傷 [shāng]
to injure; injury; wound
Japanese
傷 、 疵 (rare) 、 瑕 (rare) 、 創 (rare) きず 、 キズ 同音

noun

  1. wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar
  2. chip; crack; scratch; nick
  3. flaw; defect; weakness; weak point
  4. stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour
  5. (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
海水が傷にしみて痛いよ。
The seawater stings my cut.
彼の額の傷は目立つ。
The scar on his forehead is conspicuous.
ここに傷があるので安くしてください。
There's a scratch here. Could you give me a discount?
クリスはとてもむなしく思い、立ち直れないほどに、心に大きな傷を受けました。
Chris' heart felt so empty and damaged that it couldn't be repaired.
CHINESE WORDS (152)
伤害 [shāng​hài] #591
to injure
受伤 [shòu​shāng] #1,058
to sustain injuries
伤心 [shāng​xīn] #1,596
to grieve
伤口 [shāng​kǒu] #1,975
wound
损伤 [sǔn​shāng] #4,345
to harm
悲伤 [bēi​shāng] #2,472
sad
伤亡 [shāng​wáng] #5,370
casualties
创伤 [chuāng​shāng] #4,342
wound
伤感 [shāng​gǎn] #6,960
sad
烧伤 [shāo​shāng] #6,322
burn (injury)
142 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (195)
⭐ 傷 [きず] #1,398
wound
⭐ 痛み [いたみ] #1,399
pain
⭐ 傷つける [きずつける] #1,803
to wound
⭐ 傷つく [きずつく] #2,087
to be wounded
⭐ 痛む [いたむ] #2,547
to hurt
⭐ 傷口 [きずぐち] #5,134
(opening of a) wound
⭐ 負傷 [ふしょう] #6,677
injury
痛々しい [いたいたしい] #7,352
pitiful
⭐ 痛める [いためる] #7,966
to hurt
⭐ 無傷 [むきず] #8,370
unhurt
185 more items
KOREAN WORDS (22)
화상 #6,044
burn; scald
부상 #6,433
injury
총상 #7,548
bullet wound
손상 #8,982
damage; harm; impairment
동상 #12,476
frostbite
부상자 #27,183
injured person
사상자 #28,557
casualty
타박상 #39,851
bruise; contusion
감상
sentimentality
감상적
being sentimental; being emotional
12 more items