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Chinese symbol for “healing”

疗伤
liáo shāng
Traditional: 療傷
healing; to heal; to make healthy again

The closest CC-CEDICT match for healing is 疗伤 (liáo shāng), defined as: healing; to heal; to make healthy again.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

疗 liáo
cured, healed; to recover
radical 104 ⽧ · 7 strokes
伤 shāng
to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疗伤.

WordPinyinMeaning
医疗 (醫療)yī liáomedical treatment
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
疗法 (療法)liáo fǎtherapy; treatment
化疗 (化療)huà liáochemotherapy
疗效 (療效)liáo xiàohealing efficacy; healing effect
诊疗 (診療)zhěn liáodiagnosis and treatment
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “healing”.

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.

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