Chinese symbol for “maimed”

伤残

shāng cán

Traditional: 傷殘

disabled; maimed; crippled; (of objects) damaged

The closest CC-CEDICT match for maimed is 伤残 (shāng cán), defined as: disabled; maimed; crippled; (of objects) damaged.

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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

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伤残.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
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
悲伤 (悲傷)	bēi shāng	sad; sorrowful
伤亡 (傷亡)	shāng wáng	casualties; injuries and deaths
伤口 (傷口)	shāng kǒu	wound; cut
残酷 (殘酷)	cán kù	cruel; harsh; merciless
残忍 (殘忍)	cán rěn	cruel; merciless; ruthless

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.