Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

痛: pain, hurt

Also: damage, bruise

JLPT N312 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

疒 carries the meaning · 甬 gives the sound

12 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

ツウtsuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 頭痛ずつうheadache
  • 筋肉痛きんにくつうmuscular pain
  • 痛快なつうかいなpiquant, thrilling

いたいitai · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 痛いいたいpainful
  • 痛み止めいたみどめpainkiller

いたむitamu · kun'yomi

  • 痛むいたむfeel a pain [v.i.]

いたましいitamashii · kun'yomi

  • 痛ましいいたましいpitiful, heartbreaking

いためるitameru · kun'yomi

  • 痛めるいためるhurt [v.t.]

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)疒 illness (meaning) + 甬 (sound)

The character conveys the meaning of "pain" or "to hurt.".

Source: Wiktionary, 痛 (rev. 92757350), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Sickness (疒) + passing through. The feeling of a "sickness" or injury "passing through" your body—the literal experience of "pain."”
From the 疒 sickness story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
疒

Also built on sickness (疒)

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甬

Also built on 甬

The 甬 family reads ヨウ (you); 痛 is read ツウ.

Also read ツウ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
痛 pain · 疒
vs通 traffic · ⻌
痛 has 疒 where 通 has ⻌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tòng

Same form: 痛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
痛 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
痛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tòng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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