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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- teng2
- English meanings
- (it) hurts, sore, to love dearly
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper left structure
Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 疒; inside 冬.
Meaning & sound clues
疒 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “sickness”.
冬 is identified as the sound component (dōng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 疼.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
to soar
vine; rattan
soar; vacate
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 头疼
- 心疼
- 疼痛