This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソン、そこ.なう、そこな.う、-そこ.なう、そこ.ねる、-そこ.ねる
Romaji: son, soko.nau, sokona.u, -soko.nau, soko.neru, -soko.neru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  64
Frequency:  807
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-3-10
Korean Reading:  son
Chinese Reading:  sun3
Unicode:  640d
JIS:  423B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 651
Nelson Index: 1979
New Nelson Index: 2255
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c10.12
Four Corner Index: 5608.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 745
Gakken Index: 1070
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12459
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0338
Remembering the kanji Index: 666
Kanji Flashcards Index: 581
Kodansha Compact Index: 922
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 768
Kanji in Context Index: 396
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 468
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 596
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 673
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 719
Essential Kanji Index: 449
Kodansha Kanji Index: 801
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1361
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 837
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 780

Words

(そん)
loss; disadvantage
損傷 (そんしょう)
damage; injury
破損 (はそん)
damage
欠損 (けっそん)
deficit; shortage; loss; damage
毀損 (きそん)
damage; injury; defamation; waste
損害 (そんがい)
damage; injury; loss
損失 (そんしつ)
loss (e.g. assets or profits)
損なう (そこなう)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to fail in doing
損壊 (そんかい)
damage; destruction
損ねる (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)
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