傷 means “wound, injury, hurt”

きず · kizu

Also: injure, impair

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

きず, いたむ, いためる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in grade 6 · 13 strokes

The story

A person (亻) and, on the right, a small mark above 昜 that was once 矢, an arrow: someone struck and wounded. 傷 is a cut or a scratch, 傷つく is to get hurt, in body or in feelings, and 負傷 is injury.

Used in 傷 (kizu, wound/scratch), 傷つく (kizutsuku, to get hurt), and 負傷 (fushou, injury)

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