Chinese symbol for “disability”
损伤
sǔn shāng
Traditional: 損傷
to harm; to damage; to injure; impairment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disability is 损伤 (sǔn shāng), defined as: to harm; to damage; to injure; impairment; loss; disability.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disability”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 损伤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss; damage |
| 损害 (損害) | sǔn hài | harm; to damage |
| 亏损 (虧損) | kuī sǔn | deficit; (financial) loss |
| 损坏 (損壞) | sǔn huài | to damage; to injure |
| 受损 (受損) | shòu sǔn | to suffer damage |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 伤心 (傷心) | shāng xīn | to grieve; to be broken-hearted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disability”.
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.