Chinese symbol for “injury”
外伤
wài shāng
Traditional: 外傷
injury; wound; trauma
The closest CC-CEDICT match for injury is 外伤 (wài shāng), defined as: injury; wound; trauma.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “injury”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 创伤 (創傷) | chuāng shāng | wound; injury; trauma |
| 硬伤 (硬傷) | yìng shāng | injury; trauma |
| 伤 (傷) | shāng | to injure; injury |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外伤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 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 “injury”.
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.