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
痛快
tòngkuài
happy and satisfied
Characters in this word
快 kuài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 今天真痛快。 Jīntiān zhēn tòngkuài. Today feels really great.
- 玩得很痛快。 Wán de hěn tòngkuài. We had a great time playing.
- 他笑得痛快。 Tā xiào de tòngkuài. He laughs with real joy.