Chinese symbol for “twinge”
剧痛
jù tòng
Traditional: 劇痛
acute pain; sharp pain; twinge; stab
The closest CC-CEDICT match for twinge is 剧痛 (jù tòng), defined as: acute pain; sharp pain; twinge; stab; pang.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剧痛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电视剧 (電視劇) | diàn shì jù | TV series; TV drama |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 剧情 (劇情) | jù qíng | story line; plot |
| 剧本 (劇本) | jù běn | script; screenplay; scenario; libretto |
| 编剧 (編劇) | biān jù | to write a play; scenario |
| 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 “twinge”.
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.