13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N1

wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

Kun'yomi
  • wound ②chip ③flaw ④stain (on one's reputation)
  • to hurt ②to be injured
  • to hurt ②to harm ③to worry ④to cause financial loss
On'yomi
  • ショウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

きず 79.0%
ショウ 19.9%
いたいためる 1.1%

Character Breakdown

wound, hurt, injure
きず ショウ いた.む (6th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
person(人) variant
open, sun
ヨウ (Kentei 1)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
not, must not, do not
モチ ブツ ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

wound ②chip ③flaw ④stain (on one's reputation)
to wound ②to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.) ③to damage
to be wounded ②to get hurt feelings ③to get damaged
unhurt ②flawless (e.g. gem) ③spotless (e.g. reputation)
(opening of) a wound
old wound ②old unpleasant incident
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References

Unicode hex code 50B7
JIS X 0208 1-29-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 535
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 301
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 158
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 179
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 118
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 137
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 996
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1071
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 723
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1008
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1029
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 901
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 633
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 643
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1067
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 912
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 960
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 835
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 130
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1005
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a11.10
Four corner code 2822.7
De Roo Code 2151