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Japanese symbol for “therapeutic”

Romaji: iyashikei
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic

In Japanese, therapeutic is , read (iyashikei).

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.

Meanings

  1. adj-no, n healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

healing, cure, quench (thirst)
on: ユ
kun: い.える、いや.す、い.やす
18 strokes · JLPT 1
lineage, system
on: ケイ
7 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ゆちゃく yuchakuadhesion; conglutination; accretion
ちゆ chiyuhealing; cure; recovery
いやし iyashihealing; soothing; therapy
いやす iyasuto heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst)
いえる ieruto recover; to be healed
へいゆ heiyurecovery; convalescence
けいれつ keiretsuseries; sequence; system
けいとう keitousystem

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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