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
损伤
sǔnshāng
to harm
Characters in this word
伤 shāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
Example phrases
- 长期缺乏睡眠会损伤记忆力和判断力。 Chángqī quēfá shuìmián huì sǔnshāng jìyìlì hé pànduànlì. Long-term lack of sleep can harm memory and judgement.
- 医生说这次摔倒没有损伤骨头，只是皮肉伤。 Yīshēng shuō zhè cì shuāidǎo méiyǒu sǔnshāng gútou, zhǐshì píròushāng. The doctor said the fall did not damage the bone, only the flesh.
- 用力揉眼睛会损伤眼睛，还容易感染。 Yòng lì róu yǎnjing huì sǔnshāng yǎnjing, hái róngyì gǎnrǎn. Rubbing your eyes hard can injure them and easily cause infection.
Related words
- 损害 sǔnhài to harm; to damage
- 损失 sǔnshī loss; damage
- 亏损 kuīsǔn to lose money
- 损坏 sǔnhuài to damage
- 磨损 mósǔn to wear down; wear and tear
- 损人利己 sǔnrénlìjǐ to harm others for one's own benefit
- 伤 shāng to injure; injury
- 伤心 shāngxīn sad
- 受伤 shòushāng to get injured
- 伤害 shānghài to hurt; to harm
- 悲伤 bēishāng sad
- 伤口 shāngkǒu wound