痛

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ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

疒 meaning “sickness” + 甬 sound ( yǒng )

Components 疒甬

ache · Heisig RSH #1293

sickness + chop-rack

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
群发性头痛	qún fā xìng tóu tòng	cluster headache
神经痛	shén jīng tòng	neuralgia (medicine)
头痛医头	tóu tòng yī tóu	to treat the symptoms; reactive (rather than proactive)
头痛医头，脚痛医脚	tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo	to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb); reactive (…
万分痛苦	wàn fēn tòng kǔ	excruciating
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
头痛	tóu tòng	to have a headache
心痛	xīn tòng	to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain
痛心	tòng xīn	grieved; pained
无痛	wú tòng	painless; pain-free
坐骨神经痛	zuò gǔ shén jīng tòng	sciatica
骨痛热症	gǔ tòng rè zhèng	Dengue fever; breakbone fever
发痛	fā tòng	to ache; to be sore; to feel painful
痛车	tòng chē	(ACG) car decorated with images of characters from anime, manga etc (orthographic borrowin…
痛风	tòng fēng	gout
痛打	tòng dǎ	to beat sb soundly
痛点	tòng diǎn	pain point; sore point
病痛	bìng tòng	slight illness; indisposition; ailment
作痛	zuò tòng	to ache
痛不欲生	tòng bù yù shēng	to be so in pain as to not want to live; to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
甬 sound part	yǒng	path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo
通	tōng	to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
勇	yǒng	brave, courageous, fierce
涌	yǒng	to surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth
桶	tǒng	bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg
诵	sòng	to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
俑	yǒng	wooden figure buried with dead
蛹	yǒng	pupa, chrysalis
捅	tǒng	to jab, to poke
恿	yǒng	to instigate, to incite, to alarm
埇	yǒng	the name of a bridge
踊	yǒng	to leap
勈	yǒng	brave