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

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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