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痛

ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #747 U+75DB

How 痛 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 甬 (phonetic, yǒng)

components: 疒 甬

How to remember it

ache · Heisig RSH #1293

sickness + chop-rack

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甬

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甬 (yǒng) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
甬 sound component yǒng path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo
通 tōng to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce
涌 yǒng to surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth
桶 tǒng bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg
诵 sòng to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
俑 yǒng wooden figure buried with dead
蛹 yǒng pupa, chrysalis
捅 tǒng to jab, to poke
恿 yǒng to instigate, to incite, to alarm
埇 yǒng the name of a bridge
踊 yǒng to leap
勈 yǒng brave

Words containing 痛

WordPinyinMeaning
群发性头痛 qún fā xìng tóu tòng cluster headache
神经痛 shén jīng tòng neuralgia (medicine)
头痛医头 tóu tòng yī tóu to treat the symptoms; reactive (rather than proactive)
头痛医头,脚痛医脚 tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb); reactive (…
万分痛苦 wàn fēn tòng kǔ excruciating
长痛不如短痛 cháng tòng bù rú duǎn tòng better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
头痛 tóu tòng to have a headache
心痛 xīn tòng to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain
痛心 tòng xīn grieved; pained
无痛 wú tòng painless; pain-free
坐骨神经痛 zuò gǔ shén jīng tòng sciatica
骨痛热症 gǔ tòng rè zhèng Dengue fever; breakbone fever
发痛 fā tòng to ache; to be sore; to feel painful
痛车 tòng chē (ACG) car decorated with images of characters from anime, manga etc (orthographic borrowin…
痛风 tòng fēng gout
痛打 tòng dǎ to beat sb soundly
痛点 tòng diǎn pain point; sore point
病痛 bìng tòng slight illness; indisposition; ailment
作痛 zuò tòng to ache
痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live; to be so grieved as to wish one were dead