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治

to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #154 U+6CBB

How 治 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A structure 台 that directs the flow of water 氵

components: 氵 台

How to remember it

govern · Heisig RSH #673

水 water + 台 platform

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 治

WordPinyinMeaning
自治区 zì zhì qū autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governan…
自治县 zì zhì xiàn autonomous county
自治市 zì zhì shì municipality; autonomous city; also called directly administered city 直轄市|直辖市
安克拉治 Ān kè lā zhì Anchorage (Alaska)
长治市 Cháng zhì Shì Changzhi, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
不治 bù zhì to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
地方自治 dì fāng zì zhì local autonomy; home rule
人治 rén zhì rule of man
大理白族自治州 Dà lǐ Bái zú Zì zhì zhōu Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
治多县 Zhì duō Xiàn Zhidoi, a county in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[Yu4 shu4 Zang4 zu2…
治国 zhì guó to rule a country
治水 zhì shuǐ to manage water storage and flows, esp. to control flooding
治学 zhì xué scholarship; high-level study; to do scholarly research; to pursue a high level of study
三文治 sān wén zhì (loanword) sandwich
自治 zì zhì autonomy
长阳土家族自治县 Cháng yáng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei
治安 zhì ān law and order; public security
治气 zhì qì to get angry
分治 fēn zhì separate government; partition
自治机关 zì zhì jī guān governing body of an autonomous territory