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Kanji Detail for 治 - "to govern, to heal, order"

治

  • Meaning

    治 means "to govern, to heal, order."

    1. Govern - To rule; to administer.

    2. Heal - To cure; to remedy.

    3. Order - To put in order; to regulate.

  • Words using 治

    • 政治 せいじ Listen politics; government
    • 政治家 せいじか Listen politician; statesman
    • 治療 ちりょう Listen (medical) treatment; care; therapy
    • 自治 じち Listen self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
    • 自治体 じちたい Listen municipality; local government; self-governing body
    • 明治 めいじ Listen Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
    • 政治的 せいじてき Listen political
    • 治安 ちあん Listen public order; public peace; public security

  • Four-character idioms with 治

    • 治外法権 ちがいほうけん Listen extraterritoriality
    • 寡頭政治 かとうせいじ Listen oligarchy
    • 治乱興亡 ちらんこうぼう Listen nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall

  • Tattoo check: 治

    • Verified meaning: to govern, to heal, order
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさお, おさむ, おさめ, ただす)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 治

    Given names 治(いさお)Listen 治(おさむ)Listen 治(おさめ)Listen 治(ただす)Listen 治(なおる)Listen 治(はじめ)Listen 治(はる)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reign; be at peace; calm down; subdue; quell; govt; cure; heal; rule; conserve

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    govern, regulate, administer

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to administer, to govern, to regulate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To manage. As in governing a country (治國). | To punish. As in punishing crimes (治罪). | Order. As in "lasting order and enduring peace" (長治久安). | The seat of local government is called 治. As in provincial capital (省治), county seat (縣治).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chi(チ) チ

    ji(ジ) ジ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nao.ru(なお-る) なお-る

    nao.su(なお-す) なお-す

    osa.maru(おさ-まる) おさ-まる

    osa.meru(おさ-める) おさ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    govern heal order manage cure administer control direct discipline fix guide rectify regulate remedy repair restore rule treat

Sentences including 治

  • He is nothing more than a politician.

  • I recovered from my illness.

  • I hope you'll recover quickly.

  • You should recover from your cold

  • The doctor cured him of his illness.

  • How long will it take to get well?

  • Politics didn't interest him.

  • He is as great a statesman as ever lived.

  • There are several forms of government.

  • This medicine cured me of my cold.

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