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Chinese symbol for “therapy”

疗法
liáo fǎ
Traditional: 療法
therapy; treatment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for therapy is 疗法 (liáo fǎ), defined as: therapy; treatment.

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
法 fǎ
law, rule, statute; method, way; French
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “therapy”

WordPinyinMeaning
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
治疗法 (治療法)zhì liáo fǎtherapy
疗 (療)liáoto treat; to cure
疗愈 (療癒)liáo yùto heal; therapy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疗法.

WordPinyinMeaning
医疗 (醫療)yī liáomedical treatment
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
化疗 (化療)huà liáochemotherapy
疗效 (療效)liáo xiàohealing efficacy; healing effect
诊疗 (診療)zhěn liáodiagnosis and treatment
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
法律fǎ lǜlaw; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè)
方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure

See also: Japanese symbol for “therapy”.

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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