Onyomi: ツウ · Kunyomi: いた.い, いた.ましい, いた.む, いた.める · Meanings: bruise, damage, hurt, pain
Kanji for bruise, damage, hurt, pain
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The kanji 痛 combines the sickness radical 疒 (showing illness or the body in distress) with the phonetic part 甬, which originally meant a narrow passage or something pressing through. Together, they express the feeling of pain as something that “pierces” or “pushes through” the body. In ancient imagery, it symbolized suffering that moves sharply within — whether physical or emotional. The combination perfectly captures the sensation of pain traveling through one’s body like a sudden wave.
痛 joins the sickness radical (疒) with 甬, which suggests something pushing or penetrating. It represents pain that moves or spreads — the physical or emotional feeling of hurt.
Imagine pain as something sharp moving through your body — a piercing wave that makes you say “Itai!” That’s 痛, the kanji for pain.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 痛 | いた | ouch, ow, that hurt | |
| 痛 | つう | pain, ache, -algia | Noun, used as a suffix, Noun |
| 痛み | いたみ | pain, ache, soreness, grief, distress | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 痛い | いたい | painful, sore | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 痛感 | つうかん | feeling keenly, fully realizing | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 痛む | いたむ | to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 痛める | いためる | to hurt, to injure, to cause pain | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 痛切 | つうせつ | keen, acute, heartfelt | JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 痛風 | つうふう | gout | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 痛手 | いたで | serious wound | common Noun |