头痛
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
头痛 (tóutòng) · headache
头痛 (tóutòng) means “headache; to have a headache”. It is written with 2 characters: 头 (head) + 痛 (painful). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 头痛 is built
The characters
头 tóu · head
What 头 is made of
- ⺀ — ice
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: high (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
痛 tòng · painful
What 痛 is made of
- 疒nè — sickness
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — "cliff" in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 广guǎng — broad
- 甬yǒng — path
- 用yòng — to use
- 冂 — frame
- 用yòng — to use
Origin hint: 疒 gives the meaning, 甬 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我今天有点头痛。Wǒ jīntiān yǒudiǎn tóutòng.I have a bit of a headache today.
睡得太少会头痛。Shuì de tài shǎo huì tóutòng.Sleeping too little can give you a headache.
Questions about 头痛
What does 头痛 mean?
头痛 (tóutòng) means “headache; to have a headache”.
How do you pronounce 头痛?
头痛 is pronounced tóutòng.
Which HSK level is 头痛?
头痛 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 点头diǎntóuto nod
- 里头lǐtouinside
- 头发tóufahair (on the head)
- 老头儿lǎotóurold man (informal)
- 木头mùtouwood
- 石头shítoustone
- 头脑tóunǎobrains
- 骨头gǔtoubone
- 后头hòutoubehind
- 镜头jìngtóucamera lens
Learn 头痛 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 75: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.