治 — Chinese character
治
zhì
to administer, to govern, to regulate
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 氵 台
- Formation
- ideographic — A structure 台 that directs the flow of water 氵
- Japanese
- 治 as a kanji
Common words with 治
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
| 统治 (統治) | tǒng zhì | to rule (a country); to govern |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern; to administer |
| 自治区 (自治區) | zì zhì qū | autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ning |
| 自治 | zì zhì | autonomy |
| 法治 | fǎ zhì | rule of law; to rule by law |
| 治安 | zhì ān | law and order; public security |
| 防治 | fáng zhì | to prevent and cure; prevention and cure |
| 政治家 | zhèng zhì jiā | statesman; politician |
| 统治者 (統治者) | tǒng zhì zhě | ruler |
| 治愈 (治癒) | zhì yù | to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming |
English words written with 治
治 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 13 · Analects 6 · Art of War 12 · Mencius 47 · Zhuangzi 113 · Great Learning 9 · Doctrine of the Mean 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 57
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 59
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 60
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
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