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What is the Kanji for "Wound" and "Injury"?

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

The Japanese Kanji for "Wound" and "Injury" is "".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Ita" and "Kizu".

Its onyomi reading is "Shou".

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 "亻" means "Person" . And The component "昜" .

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

What does the kanji "" mean in japanese?

"" means "Wound" and "Injury".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

: "Wound". The Japanese noun '傷 (きず)' refers to a physical injury or trauma to the body, such as a cut, gash, or other type of damage to the skin or underlying tissues. It can be used to describe a variety of wounds, from minor scratches to serious lacerations. For example: His arm has a deep wound - (彼の腕に deep な傷がある). The wound is healing nicely - (傷は順調に治っている).

傷付ける: "Hurt". The Japanese verb '傷付ける (きずつける)' means 'to hurt'. This verb refers to causing physical or emotional damage or injury to someone or something. It can be used to describe actions that result in harming another person, an animal, or even one's own feelings. For example: His words hurt me - (彼の言葉は私を傷つけた). The accident hurt the car - (事故で車が傷つけられた).

傷付く: "Hurt". The Japanese verb '傷付く (きずつく)' means 'to get hurt or wounded'. It indicates that someone has been physically or emotionally injured or damaged. This verb is often used when describing a person who has been harmed, either physically or psychologically. For example: I got hurt in the accident - (事故で傷つきました). Her feelings were hurt by the harsh words - (厳しい言葉で傷つけられた).

負傷: "Injury". The Japanese verbal noun '負傷 (ふしょう)' means 'injury'. This noun refers to physical harm or damage done to a person's body. It can be used to describe injuries of varying severity, from minor cuts and bruises to more serious wounds. For example: She sustained an injury during the accident - (彼女はその事故で負傷した). The soldier suffered an injury in battle - (その兵士は戦いで負傷した).

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 "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". And The hiragana "ず" is read as "zu".

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.