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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “therapy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
| 治疗法 (治療法) | zhì liáo fǎ | therapy |
| 疗 (療) | liáo | to treat; to cure |
| 疗愈 (療癒) | liáo yù | to heal; therapy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疗法.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
| 化疗 (化療) | huà liáo | chemotherapy |
| 疗效 (療效) | liáo xiào | healing efficacy; healing effect |
| 诊疗 (診療) | zhěn liáo | diagnosis and treatment |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; 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.