療

See also: 疗

療	U+7642, 療 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7642

← 癁
[U+7641]

CJK Unified Ideographs

癃 →
[U+7643]

療	U+F9C1, 療 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C1

← 燎
[U+F9C0]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

蓼 →
[U+F9C2]

Translingual

Han character

療 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大大金火 (KKCF), four-corner 0019₆, composition ⿸疒尞)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22500
Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2696, character 10
Unihan data for U+7642

Unihan data for U+F9C1

Chinese

trad.		療
simp.		疗
alternative forms		𤻲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
簝	reːw, reːw
潦	reːwʔ, reːws
獠	reːwʔ, ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	reːwʔ, reːw
燎	rew, rewʔ, *rews
繚	rewʔ, reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	rewʔ, reːw, *reːws
憭	rewʔ, reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	rewʔ, reːwʔ
僚	rewʔ, reːw
嫽	rewʔ, reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	rews, reːw
鷯	rews, reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	reːw, reːwʔ
嘹	reːw, reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	reːw, reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	reːw, reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rews) : semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ / liu⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liàu

(Meixian, Guangdong): liau²
Eastern Min (BUC): liêu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵ / liou⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
  - Wade–Giles: liao²
  - Yale: lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ / liu⁶
  - Yale: lìuh / liuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ / liu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ / liu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/, /liːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liau²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liau²
  - Sinological IPA: /liau¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iɛu²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liao⁵ / liou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/

Note:

liao5 - Shantou;
liou5 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liau
  - MiniDict: liau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³liau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: ljewH

Rime
Character	療
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力照切
Baxter	ljewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liaw^H/
Li Rong	/liɛu^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	療
Reading #	1/1
No.	8086
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤊽
Old Chinese	/*rews/
Notes	說文正體從樂

Definitions

療

to treat; to cure; to heal
若執之者，則腹心之疾，無藥可療。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若执之者，则腹心之疾，无药可疗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Ruò zhí zhī zhě, zé fùxīn zhī jí, wú yào kě liáo. [Pinyin]
If [one] be obstinate, then [this is] a vital illness, [and] no drug could cure [this].
therapy; treatment
水療／水疗 ― shuǐliáo ― aquatherapy; hydrotherapy

自然療／自然疗 ― zìrán liáo ― natural treatment

Compounds

光療／光疗 (guāngliáo)
冷療／冷疗 (“cryotherapy”)
刮骨療毒／刮骨疗毒
化學治療／化学治疗 (huàxué zhìliáo)
化學療法／化学疗法 (huàxué liáofǎ)
吸入治療／吸入治疗 (xīrù zhìliáo)
團體治療／团体治疗 (tuántǐ zhìliáo)
基因治療／基因治疗 (jīyīn zhìliáo)
尿療法／尿疗法 (niàoliáofǎ)
心理治療／心理治疗 (xīnlǐ zhìliáo)
心理療法／心理疗法 (xīnlǐ liáofǎ)
放療／放疗 (fàngliáo)
根管治療／根管治疗 (gēnguǎn zhìliáo)
民俗療法／民俗疗法 (mínsú liáofǎ)
氣功療法／气功疗法 (qìgōng liáofǎ)
水療／水疗 (shuǐliáo, “hydrotherapy”)
水療法／水疗法 (shuǐliáofǎ)
泥療／泥疗
治療／治疗 (zhìliáo)
浴療／浴疗 (yùliáo)
激素替代療法／激素替代疗法 (jīsù tìdài liáofǎ)
煮字療飢／煮字疗饥
熱療／热疗
營療／营疗
物理治療／物理治疗 (wùlǐ zhìliáo)
牽引療法／牵引疗法
理療／理疗 (lǐliáo)
療傷／疗伤 (liáoshāng)
療效／疗效 (liáoxiào)
療方／疗方
療治／疗治
療法／疗法 (liáofǎ)
療病／疗病
療瘡剜肉／疗疮剜肉
療程／疗程 (liáochéng)
療補／疗补
療貧／疗贫
療飢／疗饥
療養／疗养 (liáoyǎng)
療養所／疗养所 (liáoyǎngsuǒ)
療養院／疗养院 (liáoyǎngyuàn)
睡眠療法／睡眠疗法
職能治療／职能治疗 (zhínéng zhìliáo)
舞蹈治療／舞蹈治疗 (wǔdǎo zhìliáo)
芳香療法／芳香疗法 (fāngxiāng liáofǎ)
藥物治療／药物治疗 (yàowù zhìliáo)
蠟療／蜡疗
血清療法／血清疗法
診療／诊疗 (zhěnliáo)
診療所／诊疗所 (zhěnliáosuǒ)
語言治療／语言治疗 (yǔyán zhìliáo)
足療／足疗 (zúliáo)
輻射治療／辐射治疗 (fúshè zhìliáo)
運動治療／运动治疗 (yùndòng zhìliáo)
遠距醫療／远距医疗
醫療／医疗 (yīliáo)
醫療給付／医疗给付
電療／电疗 (diànliáo)
靈療／灵疗
音樂治療／音乐治疗 (yīnyuè zhìliáo)
食物療法／食物疗法
食療／食疗 (shíliáo)
飲食療法／饮食疗法
魚療／鱼疗 (yúliáo, “fish therapy”)

References

“療”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

療

(Jōyō kanji)

heal
cure

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kun: いやす (iyasu, 療やす)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 療 (MC ljewH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 료ᇢ〮 (Yale: ryów) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 료 (lyo) (Yale: ryo) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjo] ~ [jo]
Phonetic hangul: [료/요]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

療

Wikisource

療 (eumhun 고칠 료 (gochil ryo), word-initial (South Korea) 고칠 요 (gochil yo))

hanja form^? of 료/요 (“heal; cure”)

Compounds

치료 (治療, chiryo)
의료 (醫療, uiryo)
요양 (療養, yoyang)
진료 (診療, jillyo)
요법 (療法, yobeop)
요약 (療藥, yoyak)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

療: Hán Nôm readings: liệu

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