损 sǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 员 employee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
损失
sǔnshī
loss; damage
Characters in this word
失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 损失不大。 Sǔnshī bú dà. The loss is not big.
- 公司有损失。 Gōngsī yǒu sǔnshī. The company has losses.
- 这次损失小。 Zhè cì sǔnshī xiǎo. The loss this time is small.
Related words
- 损害 sǔnhài to harm; to damage
- 失去 shīqù to lose
- 消失 xiāoshī to disappear
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 失业 shīyè to lose one's job; unemployment
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 补偿 bǔcháng compensation
- 赔 péi to compensate; to lose money
- 赔偿 péicháng to compensate
- 亏 kuī to lose money
- 补贴 bǔtiē subsidy