Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 6

Hyōgaiji
kan’on
Alternative spelling
瘡痍

Etymology edit

/sau ji//sɔːi//soːi/

From Middle Chinese 瘡痍 (t͡ʃʰɨɐŋ jiɪ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(そう)() (sōiさうい (saui)?

  1. (literary) a wound, scar
    Synonym: 創傷 (sōshō)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN