痛
痛·pain, painful, ache
- On-yomi
- ツウ
- Kun-yomi
- いたいいたむいためる
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痛い | いたい | painful, it hurts |
| 頭痛 | ずつう | headache |
| 腹痛 | ふくつう | stomachache |
| 痛む | いたむ | to hurt, to ache |
Example sentences
朝から歯が痛いです。
あさからはがいたいです。
My tooth has been hurting since this morning.
頭痛がひどいので、今日は早く帰ります。
ずつうがひどいので、きょうははやくかえります。
My headache is bad, so I'm going home early today.
転んだ足がまだ痛みます。
ころんだあしがまだいたみます。
The leg I fell on still aches.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 頭痛 as *あたまつう instead of ずつう
- Saying 痛いです about another person — for someone else's pain use 痛そうです or 痛がっています
Memory aid
Picture it
Sickness (疒) plus 甬, the same piece as in 通 — pain that shoots right through you.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 痛みいたみpain
- 頭痛ずつうheadache
- 痛々しいいたいたしいpitiful, painful to see
- 苦痛くつうpain, agony, suffering, distress
- 痛いいたいpainful
- 腹痛ふくつうstomachache, abdominal pain
- 耳が痛いみみがいたいpainful to hear (because true)
- 胸が痛むむねがいたむto feel heartache; to be pained (by)
- 痛むいたむto hurt, ache
- 痛めるいためるto injure, hurt
- 痛切つうせつkeen, acute (feeling)
- 痛感つうかんfeeling keenly; realizing acutely
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