Kanji

痛

痛

pain, hurt, damage, bruise

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

疒部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ツウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いたい, いたむ, いたましい, いためる

Common Readings

ツウ, いた…い, いた…む, いた…める

Example sentences

痛い いたい
昨日は走りすぎて足が痛い。

Yesterday I ran too much and my legs are sore.

頭 あたま
頭が痛くて薬を飲んだ

My head hurt, so I took medicine.

痛み いたみ
長時間のデスクワークで、腰に痛みを感じる。

I feel pain in my lower back due to long hours of desk work.

我慢 がまん
痛みを我慢して、最後まで走り抜いた。

I endured the pain and ran through to the very end.

痛む いたむ
虫歯のせいで歯が痛む。

My tooth aches because of a cavity.

どうかした どうかした
どうかした拍子に、昔の古傷が痛むことがある。

By some chance, an old wound from long ago sometimes aches.

苦痛 くつう
高熱のせいで体を動かすのが苦痛だった。

Moving my body was painful because of the high fever.

歪む ゆがむ
彼の顔は苦痛で歪んでいた。

His face was distorted with pain.

痛 つう
昨夜は旧友と痛飲した。

Last night I drank heartily with an old friend.

頭痛 ずつう
ひどい頭痛がするので、今日は早めに休みます。

I have a terrible headache, so I'm going to rest early today.

Example Vocabulary

痛い

いたい

painful; sore; (slang) embarrassing/cringey

痛み

いたみ

pain; ache; soreness

痛む

いたむ

to ache; to be in pain; to be damaged

苦痛

くつう

pain; suffering; agony

痛

つう

ache; pain; acute; severe

頭痛

ずつう

headache

激痛

げきつう

intense pain; sharp pain

痛っ

いたっ

Ouch!; Ow!

悲痛

ひつう

grief; sorrowful; painful

痛々しい

いたいたしい

painful to look at; pitiful; heartbreaking

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