治

Stroke order

治 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水戈口 (EIR), four-corner 3316₀, composition ⿰氵台)

• 箈, 菭, 𠶠, 𤦮, 𤷩, 𨵔, 𩃦

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17256
• Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1599, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6CBB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ) — name of a river.

Sagart (1999) relates it to 釐 (OC *rɯ, “to govern; to regulate”).

治

1. to govern; to regulate; to administer
2. to treat; to cure (disease)
3. to exterminate; to kill
4. to punish; to discipline; to teach someone a lesson

   哎呦！可有人治治這個賤貨了！ [MSC, trad.]
   哎呦！可有人治治这个贱货了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Āiyou! Kě yǒurén zhìzhi zhè ge jiànhuò le!

   Ah! Finally there is someone to teach this nasty person a lesson!

5. to research; to specialise in (a topic)
6. socially stable
7. (historical) seat of a local government
8. political affairs
9. a surname

• (to treat):

• (to punish):

治

1. Ancient river name.

治

1. Ancient river name.

治

1. (Cantonese) Short for 三文治 (“sandwich”).

   腿蛋治 [Cantonese]  ―  teoi² daan^6-2 zi⁶   ―  ham and egg sandwich

• “治”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. govern, regulate, administer, reign
2. cure

• Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 治める, Jōyō)、おさまる (osamaru, 治まる, Jōyō)、なおる (naoru, 治る, Jōyō)、なおす (naosu, 治す, Jōyō)
• Nanori: はる (haru)

• 治安(ちあん) (chian)
• 治世(ちせい) (chisei)
• 治癒(ちゆ) (chiyu)
• 治療(ちりょう) (chiryō)
• 政治(せいじ) (seiji)

治(おさむ) • (Osamu) 

1. a male given name

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

治 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

1. to govern; to manage

治: Hán Nôm readings: trị, chệ, trịa

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治

1. Sawndip form of ci