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Kanji Detail for 痛 - "pain, to hurt, intense"

痛

  • Meaning

    痛 means "pain, to hurt, intense."

    1. Pain - Physical suffering; ache.

    2. Hurt - To cause pain; to injure.

    3. Intense - Severe; extreme.

  • Words using 痛

    • 痛み いたみ Listen pain; ache; soreness
    • 痛感 つうかん Listen feeling keenly; fully realizing
    • 腰痛 ようつう Listen lower back pain; lumbago
    • 苦痛 くつう Listen pain; agony; suffering
    • 頭痛 ずつう Listen headache
    • 痛烈 つうれつ Listen severe; bitter; scathing
    • 腹痛 ふくつう Listen stomach ache; abdominal pain
    • 悲痛 ひつう Listen grief; sorrow; extreme sadness

  • Four-character idioms with 痛

    • 疾痛惨憺 しっつうさんたん Listen terrible worry; extreme anxiety
    • 痛快無比 つうかいむひ Listen very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant

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    • Verified meaning: pain, to hurt, intense
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いかりもと)
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 痛

    Surnames 痛(いかりもと)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pain; hurt; damage; bruise

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When the body has suffering it cannot bear. | Grief. Such as saying 悲痛 (sorrow), 痛心 (heartache). | A term for extremity. When doing anything with all one's effort is called 痛. Such as 痛飲 (drink heavily), 痛哭 (cry bitterly).

  • Onyomi

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    tsuu(ツウ) ツウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ita.i(いた-い) いた-い

    ita.meru(いた-める) いた-める

    ita.mu(いた-む) いた-む

    itama.shii(いた-ましい) いた-ましい

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    疒 (yamaidare)

  • Related Keywords

    pain hurt intense cruel harsh damaged severe ache affliction agony anguish discomfort distress inflammation injury misery soreness sting suffering throbbing trauma

Sentences including 痛

  • He's been having trouble with back pain for years.

  • I've got a pain in my side.

  • My daughter is the apple of my eye.

  • I have an earache.

  • The pain was such that i was not able to sleep.

  • My arm still hurts.

  • Would it hurt to die?

  • I have a headache.

  • These shoes are too tight. they hurt.

  • Will it hurt a lot?

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