Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

903 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: pain, hurt, damage, bruise

Kunyomi: いた.い いた.む いた.ましい いた.める

Onyomi: ツウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: やまいだれ

Meaning: sickness

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

(ずつう)   headache

筋肉(きんにくつう)   muscular pain

快な(つうかいな)   piquant, thrilling

い(いたい)   painful

み止め(いたみどめ)   painkiller

ましい(いたましい)   pitiful, heartbreaking

める(いためる)   hurt [v.t.]

む(いたむ)   feel a pain [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ツウ pain, ache, -algia

ツウカン feeling keenly, fully realizing

ヒツウ grief, sorrow, extreme sadness, heartbreak

チンツウ grave, sad, mournful, sorrowful, pensive

Kunyomi Examples

いたい painful, sore, cringy, embarrassing, exceeding

々しい いたいたしい pitiful, pathetic, painful to look at

いたむ to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain, to be injured, to be spoiled (e.g. food), to be damaged

ましい いたましい pitiful, heartbreaking, heartrending, touching, tragic, sad, hurtful

める いためる to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to harm, to damage, to spoil, to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict, to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket