Chinese

疼

téng
painful; aching; sore
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 4
  • radical 疒
  • 10 strokes
  • 聽
  • 愛
  • 听
  • 爱

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Origin

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *dɯːŋ, *duːŋ): semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 冬 (OC *tuːŋ).

Wang (1982) suggests that it is cognate with 痛 (OC *l̥ʰoːŋs, “painful”).

Coblin (1986) derives it from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gdəngw (“pain; hurt”), comparing it to Tibetan གདུང་བ (gdung ba, “to feel pain”) and keeping it separate from the word family with 痛. Schuessler (2007) notes that this is a post-classical word.

Etymology 2

Unclear. Possibly from 聽 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋs, “to allow > to love”) (Li and Chen, 1991).

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  • meaningChinese疒 “to be ill”
  • soundChinese冬 “winter”

Related: Tibetan གདུང་བ

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