損 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- ソンそん · son
- Kun
- そこ(なう)soko(nau)
- Meaning
- loss; damage; disadvantage
Stroke order
Origin
扌 "hand" plus 員 "a round vessel"; a vessel broken by the hand — hence "damage, loss."
Readings and examples
| Onソンそんson | 損失そんしつ欠損けっそん破損はそん |
|---|---|
| Kunそこなうsokonau | 損なうそこなう見損なうみそこなう |
| Kunそこねるsokoneru | 損ねるそこねる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 損害そんがい
damage; loss
- 大損おおぞん
heavy loss
- 破損はそん
- 損害賠償そんがいばいしょう
- 毀損きそん
- 虧損きそん
- 貶損へんそん
Example
台風で家が損害を受けた。
The house suffered damage from the typhoon.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)