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癒

healing, cure, quench (thirst), wreak

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • ユ

Kun'yomi

  • い.える
  • いや.す
  • い.やす

Meaning

癒 centers on restoration from harm or need: healing illness, curing pain, or soothing a deep lack such as thirst. The rare sense 'wreak' is likely a misassignment or obscure extension and does not fit the core idea.

Most common words using 癒

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  • 癒しいやし

    healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

  • 癒すいやす
    N1

    to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

  • 治癒ちゆ

    healing; cure; recovery

  • 癒るいる

    to calm down

  • 癒着ゆちゃく
    N1

    adhesion; conglutination; accretion

  • 癒えるいえる

    to recover; to be healed

  • 平癒へいゆ

    recovery; convalescence

  • 快癒かいゆ

    recovery; convalescence

  • 癒合ゆごう

    agglutination; conglutination; (healing by) intention; coaptation; fusion; symphysis

  • 全癒ぜんゆ

    complete healing

  • 心を癒すこころをいやす

    to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits

  • 渇を癒やすかつをいやす

    to quench one's thirst

  • 疎癒ゆおろいゆ

    to partially heal; to get a bit better

  • 病を癒すやまいをいやす

    to cure an illness; to cure a disease

  • 癒し犬いやしけん

    therapy dog

  • 癒し系いやしけい

    healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing

  • 癒ゆいゆ

    to recover; to be healed

  • 癒傷組織ゆしょうそしき

    wound-healing tissue

  • 癒瘡木ゆそうぼく

    guaiacum (Guaiacum officinale); roughbark lignum-vitae; guaiacwood

  • 癒着体質ゆちゃくたいしつ

    tendency to form collusive ties; predisposition to generate cozy (collusive) relationships

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Etymology

癒 combines 疒 (sickness) with 愈, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of getting better.

Meaning mnemonic

The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 愈, a shape associated with getting better. Picture illness being surrounded and gradually healed.

Reading mnemonic

For ユ, imagine you helping someone heal: you -> ユ, and your care cures the sickness inside 癒.