JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 傷: "wound, hurt, injure"
The kanji 傷 means "wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ショウ in on'yomi and きず, いた.む, いた.める in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きずいた.むいた.める
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 845 of 2,501 |
Common words with 傷
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 傷wound; injury; cut; gash · chip; crack; scratch; nick
- 傷つけるto wound; to injure · to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.)
- 傷つくto be wounded; to get injured · to get hurt feelings
- 傷口(opening of a) wound; cut
- 負傷injury; wound
- 無傷unhurt; uninjured; unwounded; unscathed · flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; undamaged; perfect (condition)
- 火傷burn; scald · getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
- 致命傷fatal wound
- 傷を負うto be injured; to sustain a wound
- 損傷damage; injury
- 重傷serious wound; serious injury
- 感傷sentiment; sentimentality
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