痛 tòng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 甬 path
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
痛苦
tòngkǔ
pain; suffering
Characters in this word
苦 kǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 古 old, classic, ancient
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他很痛苦。 Tā hěn tòngkǔ. He is in great pain.
- 她不再痛苦。 Tā bù zài tòngkǔ. She no longer suffers.
- 我忘了痛苦。 Wǒ wàng le tòngkǔ. I forgot the pain.