Kanji 損: "damage, loss, disadvantage"

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

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

Common words with 損

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 損そんloss; damage; harm; unprofitable · disadvantage; handicap; drawback; unfavorable
• 損そこねるto harm; to hurt; to injure; to wreck · to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
• 損そこなうto harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage · to fail to do; to do amiss; to miss one's opportunity to do
• 損そん傷しょうdamage; injury
• 損そん害がいdamage; injury; loss
• 損そん失しつloss (of assets, profit, etc.)
• 破は損そんdamage; breakage
• 機き嫌げんを損そこねるto displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
• 損そんするto lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to miss (e.g. an opportunity); to miss out (on) · to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to come to nothing; to lead nowhere
• 欠けっ損そんdeficit; shortage; loss · being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
• 見み損そこなうto misjudge; to mistake; to misread · to misjudge (someone); to overestimate
• 出で来き損そこないfailure; defective article; dead loss; botch · good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

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