Where 疼 comes from
sickness
- Meaning part
- 疒 (“sickness”)
- Sound part
- 冬 (“winter”)
How to write 疼 (téng, “hurts”)
疼 (téng), an HSK 2 character, means “hurts” and “to love dearly”. It pairs a meaning part, 疒 (“sickness”), with a sound part, 冬 (“winter”). On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 疼痛 (“pain”), 心疼 (“to love dearly”) and 疼爱 (“to love dearly”). Japanese reads it tou, “ache”.
- Pinyin
- téng
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 疒 (“sickness”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
As a top-left cover character it splits into 疒 (“sickness”, the radical), strokes 1–5; 冬 (“winter”), strokes 6–10, written the cover first.
- topdown and right
- top leftrightwards
- top leftdownwards
- top leftdown and right
- leftup and right
- topdown and left
- centerrightwards → down and left
- centerdown and right
- bottomdown and right
- bottomdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (10 strokes in Japanese, 10 strokes in Chinese).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| téng second tone | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | — | 疼痛 心疼 疼爱 生疼 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 2
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 3 word
- Words with it
- 14 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 疼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore HSK 2 |
| 疼痛 | téngtòng | pain; to be painful HSK 5 |
| 心疼 | xīnténg | to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb HSK 6 |
| 疼爱 疼愛 | téngài | to love dearly; to dote on (sb) HSK 7-9 |
| 生疼 | shēngténg | very painful |
| 头疼 頭疼 | tóuténg | headache |
| 疼惜 | téngxī | to cherish; to dote on |
| 疼死 | téngsǐ | to really hurt |
| 酸疼 | suānténg | to ache; sore |
| 止疼片 | zhǐténgpiān | painkiller; analgesic |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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