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Kanji Information Sheet for 治 ( PDF version )
English: reign be at peace calm down subdue quell govt cure heal rule conserve | On-Yomi: ジ チ | Kun-Yomi: おさ.める おさ.まる なお.る なお.す し ぢ はり はる みち |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 水 (みず) – water
Henshall Mnemonic: govern from a watery platform
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #109 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #109 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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JLPT N4 Words
- 政治 [せいじ]
(n) politics; government [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治る [なおる]
(v5r,vi) to be cured; to heal; to get mended; to get well; to be repaired; to be fixed [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 治す [なおす]
(v5s,vt) to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治める [おさめる]
(v1) (1) to govern; to manage; (2) to subdue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自治 [じち]
(n) self-government; autonomy [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 統治 [とうち]
(n,vs) rule; reign; government; governing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治まる [おさまる]
(v5r) to be at peace; to clamp down; to lessen (storm, terror, anger) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治安 [ちあん]
(n) public order [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治療 [ちりょう]
(n) medical treatment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 退治 [たいじ]
(n,vs) extermination [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 政治家 [せいじか]
(n) politician; statesman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方自治 [ちほうじち]
local (governmental) autonomy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法治国 [ほうちこく]
(n) constitutional state [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方自治体 [ちほうじちたい]
(n) local self-governing body [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治験 [ちけん]
(n) clinical trial [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自治権 [じちけん]
(n) autonomy; right of self-government [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自治省 [じちしょう]
Ministry of Home Affairs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自治体 [じちたい]
(n) self-governing body; municipality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治水 [ちすい]
(n) flood control [K] [D] [Jisho] - 治癒 [ちゆ]
(n) healing; cure; recovery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 政治的 [せいじてき]
(adj-na) political [K] [D] [Jisho] - 明治 [めいじ]
Meiji era [K] [D] [Jisho] - 政治犯 [せいじはん]
(n) political offense; political offender [K] [D] [Jisho] - 政治力 [せいじりょく]
(n) political strength [K] [D] [Jisho] - 政党政治 [せいとうせいじ]
party politics [K] [D] [Jisho] - 完治 [かんち]
(n,vs) complete recovery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 主治医 [しゅじい]
(n) attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 湯治 [とうじ]
(n) hot-spring cure; taking the baths [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全治 [ぜんじ]
(n) complete recovery; healing [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.