Memory phrase for the character: 伤

伤

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Meaning

to injure, injury, wound

Pronunciation

shāng

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: person lying down as a variant of 人, force 力

Mnemonic


 
If you make a person into a lying person by means of force, you have probably injured him.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
person lying downThis radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
力 power, forceA variations is: to act 办.




 Vocabulary

受伤 shòu shāng  to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed
损伤 sǔn shāng  to harm; to damage; to injure; impairment; loss; disability
烫伤 tàng shāng  to scald
伤疤 shāng bā  scar; fig. remnant of former damage; remaining trauma
鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒 shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  murine typhus fever
鼠型斑疹伤寒 shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  murine typhus
 


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