tòng
endolori; douloureux; triste
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我肚子痛。
wǒ dù zi tòng.
My stomach hurts.
他头痛。
tā tóu tòng.
He has a headache.
她牙痛。
tā yá tòng.
She has a toothache.
疼 (téng)
ache
苦 (kǔ)
bitter
乐 (lè)
happy
舒服 (shū fu)
comfortable
The Chinese character 痛 (tòng) for "pain" is composed of two parts: the radical 疒 (chuáng), which indicates sickness or disease, and the phonetic component 甬 (yǒng). The radical 疒 is common to many characters related to illness or injury, such as 病 (bìng, "illness"), 伤 (shāng, "injury"), and 疼 (téng, "ache"). The phonetic component 甬 (yǒng) is a simplified form of the character 甬道 (yǒngdào, "passageway"), which suggests the idea of a path or channel through which pain travels. Together, the radical and phonetic components of 痛 convey the meaning of "pain" as a physical sensation that follows a specific pathway or course.
