瘉
get well, recover
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Readings
On'yomi
- ユ
Kun'yomi
- い.える
- いや.す
Meaning
瘉 centers on recovery from illness or injury: getting well and returning to health.
Study
Etymology
瘉 combines 疒 (sickness) with 俞, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of improvement or passing through illness.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 surrounds 俞, like an illness being contained and then overcome. Picture a patient inside a healing ward, steadily getting well.
Reading mnemonic
For ユ, imagine a doctor saying 'you' are recovering: you -> ユ, and the sickness inside 瘉 is fading as you get well.