Kanji N1

傷: wound, hurt, injure

傷 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning wound, hurt, injure, written with 13 strokes. It is read ショウ (on) and きず, いたむ, いためる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 傷 (きず, wound) and 負傷 (ふしょう, injury).

傷

Meanings

  • wound
  • hurt
  • injure
  • impair
  • pain
  • injury
  • cut
  • gash
  • scar
  • weak point
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#845 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • きず
  • いたむ
  • いためる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 傷

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 傷きず

    wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch

    JLPT N3
  • 負傷ふしょう

    injury; wound

    JLPT N1
  • 中傷ちゅうしょう

    slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

    JLPT N1
  • 火傷やけど

    burn; scald

    JLPT N2
  • 傷付くきずつく

    to be wounded; to get injured

    JLPT N1
  • 重傷じゅうしょう

    serious wound; serious injury

  • 軽傷けいしょう

    minor injury

  • 傷者しょうしゃ

    wounded person; casualty; injured person

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.