损 meaning and pronunciation

损
Simplified character
損
Traditional character

损 English definition

sǔn
  • to decrease
  • to lose
  • to damage
  • to harm
  • (coll.) to speak sarcastically
  • to deride
  • caustic
  • mean
  • one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old)

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 榫 : mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint);
  • 笋 : bamboo shoot;
  • 筍 : Bamboo shoots
  • 簨 : cross-beam for hanging bells;
  • 隼 : falcon; Taiwan pr. [zhun3];

Words containing 损, by HSK level

碎 缩