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Kanji Detail for 損 - "damage, loss, disadvantage"

損

  • Meaning

    損 means "damage, loss, disadvantage."

    1. Damage - To harm; to injure.

    2. Loss - A decrease; something lost.

    3. Disadvantage - A drawback; a detriment.

    4. Reduce - To make less; to diminish.

  • Words using 損

    • 損失 そんしつ Listen loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
    • 損害 そんがい Listen damage; injury; loss
    • 損傷 そんしょう Listen damage; injury
    • 損害保険 そんがいほけん Listen non-life insurance; general insurance; property and casualty insurance
    • 損益 そんえき Listen profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
    • 破損 はそん Listen damage; breakage
    • 損壊 そんかい Listen damage; destruction
    • 欠損 けっそん Listen deficit; shortage; loss

  • Four-character idioms with 損

    • 損者三友 そんしゃさんゆう Listen three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones

  • Tattoo check: 損

    • Verified meaning: damage, loss, disadvantage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たくじ)
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 損

    Surnames 損(たくじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    damage; loss; disadvantage; hurt; injure

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    diminish; impair; injure; hexagram ䷨

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to damage, to harm

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To reduce. Reducing is 損. Such as 損上益下. | To lose. Such as 損失, 損害.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    son(ソン) ソン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    soko.nau(そこ-なう) そこ-なう

    soko.neru(そこ-ねる) そこ-ねる

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    damage loss disadvantage break destroy humility modesty hurt injure reduce restraint reserve cost decrease depletion depreciation detriment drawback erosion expense harm impairment injury penalty sacrifice setback spoilage

Sentences including 損

  • You cannot lose.

  • His death is a great loss.

  • He failed to answer the letter.

  • I'm disappointed with you.

  • We lost a lot on that job.

  • You must not stay up late , or you will hurt your health.

  • We lost on that job.

  • This is an age when honesty does not pay.

  • He failed to take the exam.

  • He is out of pocket.

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