Chinese symbol for “abrasion”
擦伤
cā shāng
Traditional: 擦傷
to abrade; to scrape; to chafe; to graze; abrasion; friction burn; scratch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abrasion is 擦伤 (cā shāng), defined as: to abrade; to scrape; to chafe; to graze; abrasion; friction burn; scratch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “abrasion”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 擦伤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摩擦 | mó cā | friction; rubbing |
| 擦肩而过 (擦肩而過) | cā jiān ér guò | to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death) |
| 磨擦 | mó cā | variant of 摩擦 (mó cā) |
| 擦亮 | cā liàng | to polish |
| 擦拭 | cā shì | to wipe clean |
| 擦干 (擦乾) | cā gān | to wipe dry |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abrasion”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.