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创伤 (chuāng shāng) — physical wound or injury; psychological trauma

Definition

创伤 covers both a physical wound and the psychological trauma it leaves behind, making it broader than 伤口 (a cut on the body) or 伤 (the injury itself). For emotional scars, 阴影 and 伤痕 are more common figurative choices.

noun
physical wound or injurypsychological trauma

Examples

  • 创伤。
    Tā de tuǐ shàng yǒu yí dào shēn shēn de chuāng shāng zài tā tuǐ shàng.
    There is a deep wound on his leg.
  • 创伤。
    Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng gěi rén men liú xià le nán yǐ yù hé de xīn lǐ chuāng shāng.
    This war left people with psychological trauma that is hard to heal.
  • 创伤。
    Yī shēng zhèng zài jiǎn chá tā shǒu shàng de chuāng shāng.
    The doctor is examining the wound on his hand.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

创chuàngwound
伤shānginjury

创 and 伤 both refer to damage, so together they mean a wound or trauma.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 創; 创 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng創chuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 創 pairs 倉 with 刀 (knife) to write 'wound', and 倉 gives the pronunciation. The simplified 创 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傷; 伤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
𥏻
𥏻𥏻傷shāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傷 shows 人, a person, and uses 𥏻 to give the sound; the simplified 伤 is a later shorthand.

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