疼

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(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 冬 sound ( dōng )

Components 疒冬

hurt · Heisig RSH #2661

sickness + 冬 winter

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
站着说话不腰疼	zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng	(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to …
慢性疼痛	màn xìng téng tòng	chronic pain
崽卖爷田不心疼	zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng	lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom); fig. to sell one's inherita…
好了伤疤忘了疼	hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng	to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
止疼片	zhǐ téng piān	painkiller; analgesic
头疼	tóu téng	headache
心疼	xīn téng	to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed
生疼	shēng téng	(coll.) very painful
疼死	téng sǐ	to really hurt
酸疼	suān téng	(of muscles) to ache; sore
疼爱	téng ài	to love dearly; to dote on (sb)
蛋疼	dàn téng	(slang) ball-breaking; pain in the ass
疼痛	téng tòng	pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt; (of a person) to be in pain
偏疼	piān téng	to favor a junior; to show favoritism to some juniors
烧灼疼	shāo zhuó téng	burning pain
胃疼	wèi téng	stomachache
疼惜	téng xī	to cherish; to dote on

Characters sharing the sound component 冬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
冬 sound part	dōng	winter, 11th lunar month
终	zhōng	end; finally, in the end
咚	dōng	onomatopoetic, a thumping sound
螽	zhōng	katydid
佟	tóng	surname
氡	dōng	radon