Memory phrase for the character: 損

損

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Meaning

be damaged, loss, spoil, miss

Pronunciation

SON
sokonau

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: member 員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 貝 can become a member.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand of that member has been damaged.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
員 Member
貝 moneyShows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.




 Vocabulary

損 そん  loss, disadvantage
損う そこなう  to harm, to damage, to injure, to fail in doing
破損 はそん  damage
損失 そんしつ  loss
損害 そんがい  damage, injury, loss
損得 そんとく  loss and gain, advantage & disadvantage

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