治

Translingual

Han character

治 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水戈口 (EIR), four-corner 3316₀, composition ⿰氵台)

Derived characters

• 箈, 菭, 𠶠, 𤦮, 𤷩, 𨵔, 𩃦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17256
• Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1599, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6CBB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		治
alternative forms		𣳮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (台) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
胎	*l̥ʰɯː
台	*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
邰	*l̥ʰɯː
鮐	*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
孡	*l̥ʰɯː
苔	*l'ɯː
抬	*l'ɯː
駘	*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
炱	*l'ɯː
菭	*l'ɯː, *l'i
跆	*l'ɯː
殆	*l'ɯːʔ
怠	*l'ɯːʔ
迨	*l'ɯːʔ
紿	*l'ɯːʔ
詒	*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
軩	*l'ɯːʔ
咍	*hlɯː
佁	*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲	*slɯʔ
辝	*ljɯ
鈶	*ljɯʔ
笞	*l̥ʰɯ
齝	*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
眙	*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
治	*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
始	*hljɯʔ
怡	*lɯ
貽	*lɯ
飴	*lɯ
瓵	*lɯ
珆	*li

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ) — name of a river.

Etymology 1

Sagart (1999) relates it to 釐 (OC *rɯ, “to govern; to regulate”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 治

1. to govern; to regulate; to administer
2. to treat; to cure (disease)
3. to exterminate; to kill
4. to punish; to discipline; to teach someone a lesson

   哎呦！可有人治治這個賤貨了！ [MSC, trad.]
   哎呦！可有人治治这个贱货了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Āiyou! Kě yǒurén zhìzhi zhè ge jiànhuò le! [Pinyin]

   Ah! Finally there is someone to teach this nasty person a lesson!

5. to research; to specialise in (a topic)
6. socially stable
7. (historical) seat of a local government
8. political affairs
9. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chí (chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²
    • Yale: chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dri

Rime
Character	治
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直之切
Baxter	dri
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨ/
Li Rong	/ȡiə/
Wang Li	/ȡĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	治
Reading #	1/3
No.	12288
Phonetic component	台
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	治
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 治

1. Ancient river name.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 治

1. Ancient river name.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi⁶
    • Yale: jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 治

1. (Cantonese) Short for 三文治 (“sandwich”).

   腿蛋治 [Cantonese]  ―  teoi² daan^6-2 zi⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  ham and egg sandwich

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

治

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. govern, regulate, administer

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 治める, Jōyō)、おさまる (osamaru, 治まる, Jōyō)、なおる (naoru, 治る, Jōyō)、なおす (naosu, 治す, Jōyō)
• Nanori: はる (haru)

Compounds

• 治安(ちあん) (chian)
• 治世(ちせい) (chisei)
• 治癒(ちゆ) (chiyu)
• 治療(ちりょう) (chiryō)
• 政治(せいじ) (seiji)

Proper noun

治(おさむ) or 治(proper) • (osamu or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|おさむ]]

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

治 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

1. to govern; to manage

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 治 (trị, chệ, trịa)

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