Memory phrase for the Kanji: 痛


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Meaning pain, ache, hurt

Pronunciation

TSŪ
itai/mu/meru

Explanation

Top: sick 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: 甬 = bent person マ, use 用 (image of a fence)

Mnemonic


 
The disease, when somebody is hanging bent over a fence causes pain.

Radicals

illness, diseaseA combination of ice 冫and building 广.
bend person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending 卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
useThe radical mochiiru shows originally the picture of a fence.
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 Vocabulary

頭痛 ずつう  headache
痛い いたい  painful
痛み いたみ  pain, ache, sore, grief, distress
痛切 つうせつ  keen, acute
痛感 つうかん  feeling keenly, fully realizing
苦痛 くつう  pain, agony

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