Dong Chinese dictionary

shāng

wound

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

◎ Unknown component

characterless component

昜 Sound component

yáng

bright

傷 and 昜 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.傷 /*l̥aŋ/
昜 /*laŋ/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shāng

wound, injury; fall ill from; to injure; injury; wound

Most common words with 傷

Sources