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Kanji 痛: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 痛: pain, hurt, damage, bruise

Key takeaways

Kanji 痛: pain, hurt, damage, bruise. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

painhurtdamagebruise

On reading

ツウ

Kun reading

いた.いいた.むいた.ましいいた.める

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 痛

pain, hurt, damage, bruise

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

疒 + 甬

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

The sickness radical (疒) combined with a path (甬) represents pain traveling through the body's pathways. It is commonly used in words like 'suffering' (고통) and 'pain' (통증).

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ツウ
  • 痛感つうかん

    keen feeling / full realization

  • 痛切つうせつ

    keen / deeply felt / acute

  • 苦痛くつう

    pain / suffering / distress

  • 頭痛ずつう

    headache / head pain

Kun reading

いた.い
  • 痛むいたむ

    to hurt / to have pain / to feel sore

  • 痛めるいためる

    to hurt / to injure / to cause pain

  • 痛いいたい

    painful / hurts

Commonly used words

  • 痛感
    つうかん

    keen feeling / full realization

  • 痛切
    つうせつ

    keen / deeply felt / acute

  • 苦痛
    くつう

    pain / suffering / distress

  • 頭痛
    ずつう

    headache / head pain

  • 痛む
    いたむ

    to hurt / to have pain / to feel sore

  • 痛める
    いためる

    to hurt / to injure / to cause pain

  • 痛い
    いたい

    painful / hurts

Example sentences

Example 1

頭がんでいます。

Translation

My head is hurting.

Example 2

手をめてしまった。

Translation

I injured my hand.

Example 3

足をめてしまった。

Translation

I ended up hurting my foot.

Example 4

無理をして体をめた。

Translation

I overdid it and injured my body.

Kanji 痛: pain, hurt, damage, bruise | Daily Nihongo