傷

See also: 伤

Translingual

Han character

傷 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人人日竹 (OOAH), four-corner 2822₇, composition ⿰亻𬀷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1029
• Dae Jaweon: page 244, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 211, character 9
• Unihan data for U+50B7

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Chinese

trad.		傷
simp.		伤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傷
Small seal script s05872 Transcribed ancient scripts L32624 L32625 L32626 L32627 L32628 L09277 L09278 L09279 L09280 L09281 L09282 L09283
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (昜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
湯	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ
踼	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋʔ, *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
蝪	*l̥ʰaːŋ
薚	*l̥ʰaːŋ
簜	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l'aːŋʔ
盪	*l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
偒	*l̥ʰaːŋʔ
蕩	*l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
燙	*l̥ʰaːŋs
啺	*l'aːŋ
碭	*l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
婸	*l'aːŋʔ
愓	*l'aːŋʔ
璗	*l'aːŋʔ
崵	*l'aːŋʔ, *laŋ
逿	*l'aːŋs
暢	*l̥ʰaŋs
畼	*l̥ʰaŋs
腸	*l'aŋ
場	*l'aŋ
傷	*hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
殤	*hljaŋ
觴	*hljaŋ
慯	*hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
禓	*hljaŋ, *laŋ
塲	*hljaŋ
陽	*laŋ
楊	*laŋ
揚	*laŋ
瘍	*laŋ
煬	*laŋ, *laŋs
鍚	*laŋ
暘	*laŋ
颺	*laŋ, *laŋs
昜	*laŋ
輰	*laŋ
敭	*laŋ
鰑	*laŋ
諹	*laŋ, *laŋs
瑒	*laŋ, *rlaːŋʔ
鸉	*laŋ
餳	*ljaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hljaŋ, *hljaŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 𥏻 ().

Current form resembles 从 + 昜.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 傷

1. wound; injury
2. to injure; to hurt

   • 我又要叫你和女人彼此為仇；你的後裔和女人的後裔也彼此為仇。女人的後裔要傷你的頭；你要傷他的腳跟。 [MSC, trad.]
     我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇；你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇。女人的后裔要伤你的头；你要伤他的脚跟。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:15

     Wǒ yòu yào jiào nǐ hé nǚrén bǐcǐ wéi chóu; nǐ de hòuyì hé nǚrén de hòuyì yě bǐcǐ wéi chóu. Nǚrén de hòuyì yào shāng nǐ de tóu; nǐ yào shāng tā de jiǎogēn. [Pinyin]

     And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

3. to fall ill from
4. distressed; sorrowful
5. (Southern Min) too; excessively
6. a surname

Synonyms

• (too):

Dialectal synonyms of 太 (“too; excessively”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		太, 過於
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	太, 忒
	Taiwan	太
	Malaysia	太
	Singapore	太
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	太, 忒
	Jinan	太, 忒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	太
	Xi'an	太
	Xuzhou	忒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	太
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	太
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	太
	Wuhan	太, 忒
	Guiyang	太
	Guilin	太
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	太
	Hefei	太
Cantonese	Guangzhou	太, 得滯 >, 過頭 >
	Hong Kong	太, 太過, 得滯 >, 過頭 >, 過龍 >
	Taishan	得滯 >
	Dongguan	得滯 >
	Yangjiang	得滯 >
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	太
	Singapore (Guangfu)	太
Gan	Nanchang	太
	Lichuan	太
	Pingxiang	太
Hakka	Meixian	忒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	太, 過頭 >
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	忒
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	太
	Wengyuan	太
	Liannan	太
	Jiexi	忒
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	太, 忒
	Changting	忒
	Wuping	忒
	Wuping (Yanqian)	忒
	Liancheng	忒
	Ninghua	忒
	Yudu	太
	Ningdu	太, 忒
	Tonggu (Sandu)	忒
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	太
	Dayu	太
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	忒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	忒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	忒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	忒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	忒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	忒
	Hong Kong	太, 過頭 >
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	太
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	太
	Xinyi (Sihe)	太
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	太
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	太
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	太
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	忒
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	忒
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	太
	Mengshan (Xihe)	太
	Luchuan	太
	Senai (Huiyang)	過頭 >
	Kuching (Hepo)	過頭
Huizhou	Jixi	太
Jin	Taiyuan	太
Northern Min	Jian'ou	忒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	忒
	Songxi	忒
	Zhenghe	忒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	忒
	Jianyang	忒
	Wuyishan	忒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	忒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	過, 恰
	Fuzhou (Changle)	恰
	Lianjiang	恰
	Fuqing	恰
	Pingtan	恰
	Yongtai	恰
	Minqing	恰
	Gutian	恰
	Pingnan	恰
	Luoyuan	恰
	Fu'an	恰
	Ningde	恰
	Xiapu	恰
	Zherong	恰
	Shouning	恰
	Zhouning	恰
	Fuding	恰
Southern Min	Xiamen	傷, 傷過
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	傷
	Quanzhou	傷, 傷過
	Jinjiang	傷, 太
	Nan'an	傷
	Shishi	傷
	Hui'an	傷
	Anxi	傷
	Yongchun	傷
	Dehua	傷
	Zhangzhou	傷, 傷過
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	傷
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	傷
	Hua'an	傷
	Nanjing	傷
	Pinghe	傷
	Zhangpu	傷
	Yunxiao	傷
	Zhao'an	傷
	Dongshan	傷
	Taipei	傷
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	傷
	Kaohsiung	傷
	Yilan	傷
	Changhua (Lukang)	傷
	Taichung	傷
	Tainan	傷
	Hsinchu	傷
	Kinmen	傷
	Penghu (Magong)	傷
	Penang (Hokkien)	傷, 太
	Singapore (Hokkien)	傷, 傷過, 過, 佮
	Manila (Hokkien)	傷, 傷過
	Longyan	蓋
	Zhangping	傷
	Chaozhou	佮
	Shantou	佮, 過
	Jieyang	佮, 過
	Bangkok (Teochew)	佮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	佮
	Singapore (Teochew)	佮, 過
Puxian Min	Putian	傷
	Xianyou	傷
Central Min	Yong'an	太
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	忒
	Sanming (Shaxian)	太
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	太, 過頭 >
Wu	Shanghai	忒, 過於, 忒煞, 忒以 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	忒
	Suzhou	忒
	Hangzhou	忒
	Ningbo	忒
	Wenzhou	忒
	Jinhua	太, 忒
Xiang	Changsha	太
	Shuangfeng	太, 忒
Note	> - after adjective or adverb

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

傷

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. wound, injury

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: きず (kizu, 傷, Jōyō); いたむ (itamu, 傷む, Jōyō); いためる (itameru, 傷める, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 傷(しょう)心(しん) (shōshin, “broken heart”)
• 傷(しょう)害(がい) (shōgai, “injury”)
• 損(そん)傷(しょう) (sonshō, “injury”)
• 負(ふ)傷(しょう) (fushō, “wound”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
傷
きず Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
瑕 疵

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

傷(きず) or 傷(キズ) • (kizu) 

1. injury; cut; scar
   • 2012 February 3, “[叫](さけ)び[霊](れい) [Shriekgeist]”, in 闇の隆盛 [Dark Ascension], Wizards of the Coast:

     肉(にく)体(たい)の傷(きず)は容(た)易(やす)く癒(い)える。精(せい)神(しん)の傷(きず)は取(と)り返(かえ)しがつかない。

     Nikutai no kizu wa tayasuku ieru. Seishin no kizu wa torikaeshi ga tsukanai.

     Wounds of the flesh are easy to heal. Wounds of the mind may never be undone.

2. chip; scratch; blemish; stain

   車(くるま)の傷(きず)を消(け)す

   kuruma no kizu o kesu

   to remove a scratch on a car

See also

• 怪(け)我(が) (kega)

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Korean

Hanja

傷 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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Compounds

• 상처 (傷處, sangcheo)
• 부상 (負傷, busang)

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Kunigami

Kanji

傷

Readings

• Kun: きじー (khijī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰid͡ʑiː/

Noun

傷 (hiragana きじー, rōmaji khijī)

1. wound

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Miyako

Kanji

傷

Readings

• Kun: きず (kizu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kizz̩/

Noun

傷 (hiragana きず, rōmaji kizu)

1. wound

References

• “キズ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.

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Okinawan

Kanji

傷

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: きじ (kiji, 傷)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
傷
きじ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kid͡ʑi/

Noun

傷(きじ) (kiji) 

1. wound

References

• “キジ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 傷 (thương)

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Yonaguni

Kanji

傷

Readings

• Kun: きでぃ (kidi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kidi/

Noun

傷 (hiragana きでぃ, rōmaji kidi)

1. wound