Chinese symbol for “tingle”

刺痛

cì tòng

to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply; tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tingle is 刺痛 (cì tòng), defined as: to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply; tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain.

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Characters and stroke order

刺 cì

to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod

radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

痛 tòng

ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly

radical 104 ⽧ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 刺痛.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
刺激	cì jī	to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
讽刺 (諷刺)	fěng cì	to satirize; to mock
刺杀 (刺殺)	cì shā	to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet
刺客	cì kè	assassin
遇刺	yù cì	to be attacked by an assassin
刺史	cì shǐ	provincial governor (old)
痛苦	tòng kǔ	pain; suffering
疼痛	téng tòng	pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt

See also: Japanese symbol for “tingle”.

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.