The kanji 痛: meaning, readings and stroke order
痛
- Meaning
- pain, hurt
- On reading
- ツウ tsuu
- Kun reading
- いた(い) itai、いた(む) itamu、いた(める) itameru、いた(ましい) itamashii
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 疒 sickness
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đau (thống)
- Japanese
- いたい。いたむ。
- Korean
- 아프다 (통)
- Chinese
- 痛、疼
Readings, words and example sentences
ツウ tsuu · on reading
頭痛
headache
朝から 頭痛が します。
I have had a headache since this morning.
いた(い) itai · kun reading
痛い
painful, it hurts
転んで ひざが 痛いです。
I fell down, and my knee hurts.
いた(む) itamu · kun reading
痛む
to hurt, to ache
歩きすぎて 足が 痛みます。
I walked too much, and my feet hurt.
いた(める) itameru · kun reading · less common
痛める
to hurt (a body part)
重い 物を 持って こしを 痛めました。
I hurt my back carrying something heavy.
いた(ましい) itamashii · kun reading · less common
痛ましい
sad, heartbreaking
痛ましい 事故の ニュースです。
This is news about a heartbreaking accident.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.