损sǔn
to damage, to harm. 10 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 损
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–10 write 员.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 损 · the stroke-order rules
What 损 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 员 (yuán, employee).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 员 carries the sound.
Words that use 损
| 损害 | to damage, harm 指使事物受到不良影响或伤害 施工避免损害公共设施。Construction work must avoid having damaged public facilities. Lesson 489, 经岁向善 · 安居乐业与厚积薄发 · Serene Industry & Striving Resilience |
| 损失 | loss 指减少或失去原有的东西 一旦发生损失立即抢修。Once a loss occurred, repairs began at once. Lesson 489, 经岁向善 · 安居乐业与厚积薄发 · Serene Industry & Striving Resilience |
Characters that share the sound part 员
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.