What is the Kanji for "Loss" and "Damage"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Loss" and "Damage", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Loss" and "Damage" is "損".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Soko".

Its onyomi reading is "Son".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "扌" means "Hand" . And The kanji "員" means "Member" and can be read as "In".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "損" mean in japanese?

"損" means "Loss" and "Damage".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

損害: "Damage". The Japanese noun '損害 (そんがい)' means 'damage'. It refers to physical, financial or other forms of harm, loss or detriment. It can be used to describe damage to property, reputation, finances, or other assets. For example: The fire caused significant damage to the building - (火事で建物に大きな損害が出た). The company will have to pay for the damage they caused - (その会社は彼らが引き起こした損害を支払わなければならない).

損失: "Loss". The noun '損失 (そんしつ)' refers to the decrease or reduction in something of value, such as money, resources, or assets. It can be used in a financial context to describe a monetary loss incurred from an investment or business operation. For example: The company reported a significant loss last quarter - (その会社は前四半期に大きな損失を報告した). The loss of the investment led to financial difficulties - (その投資の損失は金銭的な問題を引き起こした).

損: "Loss". The verbal noun '損 (そん)' means 'loss'. It refers to the state of losing something of value, whether it be money, time, opportunities, or other resources. It can describe an actual financial loss, as well as a more abstract sense of missing out on something. For example: I suffered a big loss from that investment - (その投資で大きな損をした). Avoiding loss is important - (損を避けることが大切だ).

損する: "Lose". The Japanese verb '損する (そんする)' means 'to lose'. This verb is used to describe a situation where someone or something incurs a loss, either financially, materially, or in some other way. It can be used in sentences such as: I lost money on that investment - (あの投資で金を損した). By not preparing, we lost the game - (準備ができていなかったので、試合に負けてしまった).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". And The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.