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損 means 'injure'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1224   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-16    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 50    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 48 words   Used in 162 words   Used in 11 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソン
Kun
   そこなう   そこねる to injure, to harm
Variants
损 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  扌 (手) hand  員 employee  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 損 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 損 is used 155 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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ソン : 124 words FIND ALL
そ ん が い 0
damage; injury; loss
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ソン (read as ぞん) : 4 words FIND ALL
お お ぞ ん 0
heavy loss
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そこなう : 23 words FIND ALL
そ こ な う 3
1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
auxiliary verb
2. to fail in doing
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そこなう (read as ぞこ) : 4 words FIND ALL
し ぞ こ な う 4
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss  (see also: 損なう, 仕損じる; often written with kana only)
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An additional そこ.ねる less common words include 損 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 768 (originally: 745)  Joy o' Kanji : 745  Key to Kanji: 688 

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損
ソン   そこなう    そこねる to injure, to harm   
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員
イン    employee   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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扌
hand
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