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Chinese symbol for “injure”

伤害
shāng hài
Traditional: 傷害
to injure; to harm

The closest CC-CEDICT match for injure is 伤害 (shāng hài), defined as: to injure; to harm.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

伤 shāng
to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
害 hài
to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “injure”

WordPinyinMeaning
伤 (傷)shāngto injure; injury
打伤 (打傷)dǎ shāngto injure; to wound
残害 (殘害)cán hàito injure; to devastate
加害jiā hàito injure
毁伤 (毀傷)huǐ shāngto injure; to damage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伤害.

WordPinyinMeaning
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
伤心 (傷心)shāng xīnto grieve; to be broken-hearted
悲伤 (悲傷)bēi shāngsad; sorrowful
伤亡 (傷亡)shāng wángcasualties; injuries and deaths
伤口 (傷口)shāng kǒuwound; cut
害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared
厉害 (厲害)lì hai(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a
受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim

See also: Japanese symbol for “injure”.

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.

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