Hanja Analyzer
治

治 — chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
다스릴 치
Romanization
chi
English
govern, regulate, administer
Mandarin
zhì
Japanese on'yomi
ジ, チ, イ, タイ
Japanese kun'yomi
おさ.める おさ.まる なお.る なお.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#109 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
水 (85, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
台
Unicode
U+6CBB

Parts that make up 治

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 台 별 태, 자신 이sound 쟁기와 입‘태·이·치’ 계열의 소리

How 治 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 治 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 台.

Korean example words with 治

  • 중치重治 Korean gloss: 엄중히 다스림
  • 치국治國 Korean gloss: 나라를 다스림
  • 징치懲治 Korean gloss: 징계하여 다스림
  • 치세治世 Korean gloss: 세상을 잘 다스림
  • 치도治道 Korean gloss: 길을 고쳐 닦는 일
  • 완치完治 Korean gloss: 병을 완전히 낫게 함
  • 치유治癒 Korean gloss: 치료하여 병을 낫게 함
  • 치죄治罪 Korean gloss: 허물을 가려내어 벌을 줌
  • 치란治亂 Korean gloss: 혼란에 빠진 세상을 다스림
  • 치송治送 Korean gloss: 짐을 챙겨서 길을 떠나보냄
  • 구치救治 Korean gloss: 구하여 이전의 상태로 돌이킴
  • 적치敵治 Korean gloss: 적이 점령하여 다스리는 정치

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 治

  • 政治せいじ politics; government
  • 政治家せいじか politician; statesman
  • 治療ちりょう (medical) treatment; care; therapy
  • 自治じち self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
  • 自治体じちたい municipality; local government; self-governing body
  • 明治めいじ Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
  • 政治的せいじてき political
  • 治安ちあん public order; public peace; public security
  • 統治とうち rule; reign; government
  • 地方自治体ちほうじちたい local authority; local government; locality
  • 地方自治ちほうじち local (governmental) autonomy
  • 政治犯せいじはん political offense; political offence; political crime

Characters sharing the phonetic 台

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “치”

Other hanja with radical 水

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