損 = 員 + 扌

損 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “damage”. It is built from 員 (employee) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 719.

Keyword: damage
RTK frame: 719
Strokes: 13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ソン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): そこ.なう, そこな.う, -そこ.なう, そこ.ねる, -そこ.ねる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: повреждение
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 損 diminish

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 損 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “employee” + “finger”. 損 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 損 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.