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治癒 (ちゆ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
healing ; cure ; recovery
Refers to the process of a wound, illness, or condition being healed or cured. Often used in medical or formal contexts. As a suru-verb, it is intransitive: the subject heals or recovers.
病びょう
気き
は
自し
然ぜん
に
治ち
癒ゆ
する
こと
が
ある
。
This illness sometimes heals naturally.
Kanji 治 reign, be at peace, calm down 癒 healing, cure, quench (thirst) Similar words 治ち 療りょう 治療 refers to medical treatment or therapy (the act of treating), while 治癒 refers to the resulting healing or cure (the state of being healed).
回かい 復ふく 回復 is a more general term for recovery (of health, strength, economy, etc.), while 治癒 specifically means healing from an illness or injury.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 治 (chi, 'to heal, to cure') and 癒 (yu, 'to heal, to be healed'). The combination emphasizes the process and result of healing.
