Chinese symbol for “hurts”
疼
téng
(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hurts is 疼 (téng), defined as: (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疼痛 | téng tòng | pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt |
| 头疼 (頭疼) | tóu téng | headache |
| 心疼 | xīn téng | to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb |
| 疼爱 (疼愛) | téng ài | to love dearly; to dote on (sb) |
| 生疼 | shēng téng | (coll.) very painful |
| 疼死 | téng sǐ | to really hurt |
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.