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Chinese symbol for “injured”

伤残人员
shāng cán rén yuán
Traditional: 傷殘人員
the injured; wounded personnel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for injured is 伤残人员 (shāng cán rén yuán), defined as: the injured; wounded personnel.

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
残 cán
to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, inc
radical 78 ⽍ · 9 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “injured”

WordPinyinMeaning
受害shòu hàito suffer damage, injury etc; damaged

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伤残人员.

WordPinyinMeaning
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
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
残酷 (殘酷)cán kùcruel; harsh; merciless
残忍 (殘忍)cán rěncruel; merciless; ruthless
人民rén mínthe people
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “injured”.

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.