療

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See also: 疗
療 U+7642, 療
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7642
← 癁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 癃 →
療 U+F9C1, 療
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C1
← 燎
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 蓼 →

Translingual

Han character

療 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大大金火 (KKCF), four-corner 00196, composition ⿸疒尞)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22500
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2696, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7642

Chinese

trad. 療
simp. 疗
alternative forms 𤻲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
簝 *reːw, *reːw
潦 *reːwʔ, *reːws
獠 *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑 *reːwʔ
橑 *reːwʔ, *reːw
燎 *rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒 *rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚 *rewʔ, *reːw
嫽 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療 *rews
膫 *rews, *reːw
鷯 *rews, *reːw
遼 *reːw
撩 *reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹 *reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮 *reːw
飉 *reːw
竂 *reːw
鐐 *reːw, *reːws
蟟 *reːw
瞭 *reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚 *reːw
镽 *reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rews) : semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Pronunciation

Note:
  • liao5 - Shantou;
  • liou5 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 療
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力照切
Baxter ljewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liawH/
Li
Rong 		/liɛuH/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		liào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		liu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 療
Reading # 1/1
No. 8086
Phonetic
component 		尞
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		𤊽
Old
Chinese 		/*rews/
Notes 說文正體從樂

Definitions

療

  1. to treat; to cure; to heal
    若執之者，則腹心之疾，無藥可療。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    若执之者，则腹心之疾，无药可疗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    Ruò zhí zhī zhě, zé fùxīn zhī jí, wú yào kě liáo.
    If be obstinate, then a vital illness, no drug could cure .
  2. therapy; treatment
    水療／水疗  ―  shuǐliáo  ―  aquatherapy; hydrotherapy
    自然療／自然疗  ―  zìrán liáo  ―  natural treatment

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

療

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. heal
  2. cure

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 療 (MC ljewH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

療 (eumhun 고칠 료 (gochil ryo), word-initial (South Korea) 고칠 요 (gochil yo))

  1. hanja form? of 료/요 (“heal; cure”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

療: Hán Nôm readings: liệu

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