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Kanji Detail for 害 - "harm, damage, obstacle"

  • Meaning

    害 means "harm, damage, obstacle."

    1. Harm - Damage; injury.

    2. Obstacle - A hindrance; an impediment.

    3. Disaster - A calamity; misfortune.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    harm; injury

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    injure, harm; destroy, kill

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill

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

    Opposite of benefit. Loss. Such as 貽害無窮. | To hinder. Such as 害時, meaning hindering the morning time. "No hindrance" is also 何害. | To envy. Such as 心害其能, meaning to envy. Damaging due to envy is also 害. Such as 陷害, 謀害. | Critical places are called 要害, meaning sufficient to control life and death. | What. (Book of Odes) "Whether to wash or not." | [Character analysis] The middle is from 丰, pronounced 界. The vulgar form 害 is incorrect.
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Sentences including

  • Some medicine does us harm.

  • Japan is very subject to earthquakes.

  • You will ruin your health if you drink too much.

  • Bad books will do you harm.

  • It is an impossible accident.

  • He worked so hard that he ruined his health.

  • Drinking too much is bad for the health.

  • You must not read such books as will do you harm.

  • We were afraid that we might hurt him.

  • It will do him no harm.

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