損 means “loss, damage”

そん · son

Also: disadvantage, hurt

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そこなう, そこねる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソン

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 13 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) dipping into what belongs to the members (員): something taken away. 損 is loss, and the proverb 骨折り損のくたびれ儲け sums up hard work for nothing: the toil a loss, the only profit exhaustion.

Used in 損 (son, loss), 損害 (songai, damage), and 損得 (sontoku, loss and gain)

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