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Chinese symbol for “twang”

抽痛
chōu tòng
to throb with pain; throbbing pain; twang; pang

The closest CC-CEDICT match for twang is 抽痛 (chōu tòng), defined as: to throb with pain; throbbing pain; twang; pang; 阵 (zhèn).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

抽 chōu
to draw out, to pull out; to sprout
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
痛 tòng
ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
radical 104 ⽧ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抽痛.

WordPinyinMeaning
抽烟 (抽煙)chōu yānvariant of 抽烟 (chōu yān)
抽象chōu xiàngabstract; abstraction
抽出chōu chūto take out; to extract
抽取chōu qǔto extract; to remove
抽屉 (抽屜)chōu tidrawer
痛苦tòng kǔpain; suffering
疼痛téng tòngpain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt
头痛 (頭痛)tóu tòngto have a headache

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.

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