Character: 傷
Modern (Beijing) reading: shāng
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛaŋ
Classic Old Chinese: ƛaŋ
Western Han Chinese: l̥aŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: śaŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: śaŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śaŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: śaŋ
Middle Chinese: śaŋ
English meaning : be pained; injure
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ранить; рана; травма; 2) вредить, губить; 3) скорбеть
Shuowen gloss: 創也.從人.殤省聲. [381]
Comments: Also used metaphorically: 'to be pained, grieved, (later:) feel compassion'.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 4396
Karlgren code: 0720 |j ́
Vietnamese reading: thu'o'ng
Shijing occurrences: 3.3_, 14.3
