損

損 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手口月金 (QRBC), four-corner 5608₆, composition ⿰扌員)

1. diminish
2. impair
3. injure
4. to damage
5. 41st hexagram of the I Ching

• 𨆥

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 446, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12459
• Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1931, character 10
• Unihan data for U+640D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰuːnʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 員 (OC *ɢon, *ɢun)

損

1. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to diminish

   Antonym: 益 (yì)

2. to harm; to cause destruction to; to damage
3. to lose; to forfeit

   損失／损失  ―  sǔnshī  ―  to lose

4. loss; decrease; reduction

   • 滿招損，謙受益。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     满招损，谦受益。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mǎn zhāo sǔn, qiān shòu yì. [Pinyin]

     Pride brings loss, and humility receives increase.

5. (colloquial) to make sarcastic remarks; to act meanly; to mock
6. (colloquial, chiefly of remarks) acrimonious; caustic; biting; mean (Can we add an example for this sense?) (especially Min Nan)
7. (Cantonese) to be injured, in the form of an abrasion

• (to reduce):

• (to harm):

• (to lose):

• (to make sarcastic remarks):

• (acrimonious):

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. harm

• Go-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kun: そこなう (sokonau, 損なう, Jōyō)^{←そこなふ (sokonafu, 損なふ, historical)}、そこなう (sokonau, 損う)^{←そこなふ (sokonafu, 損ふ, historical)}、そこねる (sokoneru, 損ねる, Jōyō)、へる (heru, 損る)

From Middle Chinese 損 (MC swonX).

• (Tokyo) そん [sóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sõ̞ɴ]

損(そん) • (son) ^{←そん (son)?}

1. loss (opposite of gain)

   損(そん)を抱(かか)える

   son o kakaeru

   to sustain a loss

• 得(とく) (toku, “gain”)

• 損(そん)する (sonsuru)
• 損(そん)ずる (sonzuru)
• 損(そん)じる (sonjiru)

損(そん) • (son) 

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• 損(そん)失(しつ) (sonshitsu, “loss”)

損 (eum 손 (son))

1. diminish
2. impair
3. injure

損: Hán Nôm readings: tốn, tổn, tủn, vin, tỏn

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