恫
dòngtōng

in pain

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

同
同 Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰoːŋ
doːŋs

說文解字

痛也。一曰呻吟也。从心同聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)