伤亡
shāng wáng · HSK 6
casualties
🩹💀 shāng (injury) + wáng (death) = injuries and deaths combined
Each character covers one half of the toll: 伤 means wound or injury, 亡 means perish or die. Together they form the standard term for casualties in war, disasters, or accidents.
伤 — person radical 亻 + 㿝 (phonetic)
伤 is the simplified form of 傷. It combines the person radical 亻, indicating a human being affected, with a phonetic component derived from 昜. The original sense was a wound or injury to a person, which extended to mean 'to hurt,' 'injury,' and figuratively 'to grieve' or 'sorrow.'