痛 – pain, hurt, damage

12 strokesTaught in grade 6#903 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 痛 means pain, hurt, damage, bruise. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ツウ (tsuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いた.い、いた.む、いた.ましい、いた.める (itai, itamu, itamashii, itameru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 疒 (no. 104).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ツウ	tsuu
Kun’yomi	いた.い	itai
Kun’yomi	いた.む	itamu
Kun’yomi	いた.ましい	itamashii
Kun’yomi	いた.める	itameru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 疒 (Kangxi radical 104). Components: 用・疔・マ.

Words using 痛

痛いいたいpainful頭痛ずつうheadache痛みいたみpain苦痛くつうpain痛感つうかんfeeling keenly痛切つうせつkeen

Example sentences

噛むと痛いですか。

Does it hurt when you chew?

Tatoeba #226227

今日は少し頭痛がする。

I have a slight headache today.

Tatoeba #171576

ここにしつこい痛みがあります。

I have a persistent pain here.

Tatoeba #224484

Kanji with the same radical

病療症疲痴癖痢癌痩痺

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.