漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
治: reign, be at peace
Also: calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 台 gives the sound
8 strokes
Six readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 明治めいじMeiji era
- 政治せいじpolitics
- 退治するたいじするexterminate
チchi · on'yomi
- 治療するちりょうするgive medical treatment
- 治安ちあんpublic peace and order
おさめるosameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 治めるおさめるsubdue [v.t.]
おさまるosamaru · kun'yomi
- 治まるおさまるbe subdued [v.i.]
なおるnaoru · kun'yomi
- 治るなおるheal, get well [v.i.]
なおすnaosu · kun'yomi
- 治すなおすcure, fix [v.t.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水 water (meaning) + 台 (sound)
Name of a river.
Source: Wiktionary, 治 (rev. 93443698), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
台
Also built on pedestal (台)
The 台 family reads タイ (tai); 治 is read ジ、チ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side治 reign · 氵
vs冶 melting · 冫In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhì
Same form: 治 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 治 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 治 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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