痛

tòng

ache

pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly

sickness (疒) + sound (甬) = ache and pain

疒 is the sickness radical, depicting a person lying ill in bed — it carries the core meaning of pain and disease. 甬 mainly contributes the sound tòng; the sickness radical does the semantic work.

疒+甬→痛
甬A type of pathPhonetic
疒IllnessSemantic

我的头很痛,需要休息一下。

wǒ de tóu hěn tòng,xū yào xiū xi yī xià。

My head aches a lot; I need to rest for a bit.

他痛哭了很久,心里非常难受。

tā tòng kū le hěn jiǔ,xīn lǐ fēi cháng nán shòu。

He cried bitterly for a long time and felt deeply sad inside.

Words with 痛

痛心疾首

tòng xīn jí shǒu

bitter and hateful (idiom)

绞痛

jiǎo tòng

sharp pain

悲痛

bēi tòng

grieved

止痛药

zhǐ tòng yào

painkiller

痛痒

tòng yǎng

pain and itch

偏头痛

piān tóu tòng

migraine

镇痛药

zhèn tòng yào

analgesic

酸痛

suān tòng

to ache

镇痛

zhèn tòng

to suppress pain

镇痛剂

zhèn tòng jì

painkiller

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

闪痛

shǎn tòng

stabbing pain

More characters with 疒

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