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shāng

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shāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shāng | shang1
English translation
to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill

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About shāng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

shāng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of shāng

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Positional decomposition

rén ⿱? yáng

Explanation

Simplified form of shāng . Phonosemantic compound. rén and Dāo represent the meaning and yáng represents the sound.

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Words with shāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shāng injury shāng
伤害 shānghài to injure傷害
受伤 shòushāng harmed受傷
伤心 shāngxīn to grieve傷心
伤口 shāng kǒu wound傷口
损伤 sǔn shāng to harm損傷
悲伤 bēi shāng sad悲傷
伤亡 shāng wáng casualties傷亡
创伤 chuāng shāng wound創傷
伤感 shāng gǎn sad傷感
烧伤 shāo shāng burn (injury)燒傷
伤痕 shāng hén scar傷痕
重伤 zhòng shāng seriously hurt重傷
忧伤 yōu shāng distressed憂傷
伤势 shāng shì condition of an injury傷勢
伤痛 shāng tòng sorrow傷痛
伤疤 shāng bā scar傷疤
外伤 wài shāng injury外傷
伤员 shāng yuán wounded person傷員
伤人 shāng rén to injure sb傷人
工伤 gōng shāng industrial injury工傷
刺伤 cì shāng to stab刺傷
擦伤 cā shāng to abrade擦傷
杀伤力 shā shāng lì harmfulness殺傷力
扭伤 niǔ shāng a sprain扭傷

shāng Decomposition & Compounds

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