Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: 損 Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 446, Entry 06 Archaic form: 扻 Pronounced sun (rising tone) Explanation: Decrease. Also the name of a hexagram. In the Book of Changes (Yijing), the Hexagram of Decrease says: To decrease the lower and increase the upper, this path is greatly successful. The commentary states: The lower reduces itself to serve the upper. Also means to injure, to diminish, or to lose.