Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

挫: crush, break

Also: sprain, discourage

N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 坐 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ザza · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 挫折ざせつsetback; failure (e.g. plans, business)
  • 捻挫ねんざsprain; twist; wrench
  • 挫傷ざしょうsprain; wrench; bruise
  • 脳挫傷のうざしょうcerebral contusion

Also read サ, くじく, くじける, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
坐

Also built on 坐

Also read ザ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read サ

16 kanji share this on'yomiAll 16

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
挫 crush · 扌
vs座 squat · 广
挫 has 扌 where 座 has 广.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cuò

Same form: 挫 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
挫 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
挫 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin cuò most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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