WHOLE CHARACTER
疼
to ache; to hurt; pain; to love dearly; to dote on
疼 frames 冬 under the sickness radical: to ache (疼痛, 头疼) or to love dearly (疼爱, 心疼).
ZDIC: 形声，从疒、冬声 — the sickness frame around 冬 as the sound side.
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疼
to ache; to hurt; pain; to love dearly; to dote on
疼 frames 冬 under the sickness radical: to ache (疼痛, 头疼) or to love dearly (疼爱, 心疼).
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
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ZDIC: 形声，从疒、冬声 — the sickness frame around 冬 as the sound side.
OUTER FRAME: THE SICKNESS RADICAL — AN ACHE OF THE BODY
疒
sickness; the sickness radical
The sickness frame (radical); it wraps health-and-illness characters; not a standalone word.
In 疼: outer frame: the sickness radical — an ache of the body Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
INNER: THE OLD SOUND SIDE 冬 (DŌNG)
冬
winter
A standalone character; in 图 it is the inner piece with no claimed role.
In 疼: inner: the old sound side 冬 (dōng) A historical sound side, not a modern hint: téng and dōng share the -ng (/ŋ/) coda at the end, but they are not homophones — the initials (t-/d-), the complete finals (-eng/-ong) and the tones (second tone vs first tone) all differ, so téng cannot be derived from 冬.
Tone 2
- to ache; to hurt; pain
- to love dearly; to dote on
- 疼痛pain; ache
- 头疼headache
- 疼爱to love dearly
- 心疼to feel for someone; to hate to spend
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