Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

807 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure

Kunyomi: そこ.なう そこな.う -そこ.なう そこ.ねる -そこ.ねる

Onyomi: ソン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(そん)   loss

失(そんしつ)   loss

得(そんとく)   loss and gain

害(そんがい)   damage, injury, loss

傷(そんしょう)   damage, injury

(おおぞん)   heavy loss

害賠償(そんがいばいしょう)   restitution, compensation

する(はそんする)   damage, be damaged

ねる(そこねる)   harm, hurt, injure [v.t.]

なう(そこなう)   harm, damage [v.t.]

なう(みそこなう)   misjudge, miss, fail to see

Onyomi Examples

ソン loss, damage, harm, unprofitable, disadvantage, handicap, drawback, unfavorable

ソンエキ profit and loss, advantage and disadvantage

キソン damage, injury, defamation, harm

カイソン sea damage, average loss

Kunyomi Examples

なう そこなう to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to fail to ..., to miss one's opportunity to ...

なう そこなう to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to fail to ..., to miss one's opportunity to ...

ねる そこねる to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck, to miss one's chance to (do something), to fail to (do what one ought to have done)