Chinese symbol for “pained”
痛心
tòng xīn
grieved; pained
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pained is 痛心 (tòng xīn), defined as: grieved; pained.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pained”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 痛心.
| 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 |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
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.