Chinese symbol for “curing”
养生
yǎng shēng
Traditional: 養生
to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for curing is 养生 (yǎng shēng), defined as: to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “curing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 养生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 养老 (養老) | yǎng lǎo | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement |
| 饲养 (飼養) | sì yǎng | to raise; to rear |
| 养成 (養成) | yǎng chéng | to cultivate; to raise |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “curing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.