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Kotomora

療

heal, cure

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes17

Readings

On'yomi

  • リョウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

療 centers on the process of restoring health: healing illness or curing a condition through treatment.

Most common words using 療

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  • 医療いりょう
    N2

    medical treatment; medical care

  • 治療ちりょう
    N2

    (medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

  • 療法りょうほう

    (method of) treatment; therapy; remedy; cure

  • 診療しんりょう
    N1

    diagnosis and treatment; medical care

  • 療養りょうよう
    N1

    recuperation; medical treatment

  • 心療内科しんりょうないか

    (department of) psychosomatic medicine

  • 療育りょういく

    education and support of disabled children

  • 対症療法たいしょうりょうほう

    symptomatic therapy; allopathy

  • 精神療法せいしんりょうほう

    psychotherapy

  • 加療かりょう

    medical treatment; medical care

  • 荒療治あらりょうじ

    rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment

  • 国際医療福祉大学こくさいいりょうふくしだいがく

    International University of Health and Welfare

  • 施療せりょう

    free medical treatment; gratuitous treatment

  • 診療所しんりょうじょ
    N1

    clinic; medical office; infirmary

  • 救急医療きゅうきゅういりょう

    emergency medicine

  • 早期治療そうきちりょう

    early treatment

  • 治療法ちりょうほう

    method of treatment; cure; remedy

  • 療養所りょうようじょ

    sanatorium

  • 化学療法かがくりょうほう

    chemotherapy

  • 理学療法士りがくりょうほうし

    physiotherapist; physical therapist

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Etymology

療 combines 疒 (sickness) with 尞, which likely contributes the sound リョウ and may have originally suggested burning or treating, giving the idea of healing sickness.

Meaning mnemonic

The sickness enclosure 疒 surrounds 尞, which looks like a treatment area with a fire and a table. Picture a patient being treated inside a clinic: the sickness is being healed.

Reading mnemonic

For リョウ, imagine a doctor named Ryo who specializes in healing: Ryo -> リョウ, and he cures every sickness that comes into his clinic.