损(sǔn): to decrease
to decrease
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- sǔn
- Meaning
- to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 5
- Traditional
- 損
Origin & structure
Where 损 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 损 step by step
10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 损
Common words using 损 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of ot…
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