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Chinese symbol for “sunburn”

日晒伤
rì shài shāng
Traditional: 日曬傷
sunburn

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sunburn is 日晒伤 (rì shài shāng), defined as: sunburn.

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

日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes
晒 shài
to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun
radical 72 ⽇ · 10 strokes
伤 shāng
to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sunburn”

WordPinyinMeaning
晒伤 (曬傷)shài shāngto get sunburnt; sunburn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 日晒伤.

WordPinyinMeaning
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
日期rì qīdate
晒太阳 (曬太陽)shài tài yángto be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
防晒 (防曬)fáng shàisunburn protection
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm

See also: Japanese symbol for “sunburn”.

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.