Chinese symbol for “anguish”
痛楚
tòng chǔ
pain; anguish; suffering
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anguish is 痛楚 (tòng chǔ), defined as: pain; anguish; suffering.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 痛楚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 疼痛 | téng tòng | pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt |
| 头痛 (頭痛) | tóu tòng | to have a headache |
| 心痛 | xīn tòng | to feel distressed about sth; heartache |
| 悲痛 | bēi tòng | grieved; sorrowful |
| 痛快 | tòng kuài | delighted; to one's heart's content |
| 清楚 | qīng chu | clear; distinct |
| 一清二楚 | yī qīng èr chǔ | to be very clear about sth (idiom) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anguish”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.