治 (zi6 | zhi4 chi2 tai1 yi2) : govern; regulate; rule

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治

zi6

zhi4 chi2 tai1 yi2

[1] [v] govern; regulate; administer; control; manage; rule [2] [v] regulate; harness (river) [3] the seat of the local government [4] [v] treat (disease); cure [5] [v] study; research [6] [v] punish [7] peaceful and orderly [8] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

治

Don't confuse with:
冶

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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三文治 saam1 man4 zi6 = sandwich 粵

統治 tung2 zi6 tong3 zhi4 = rule

管治 gun2 zi6 guan3 zhi4 = govern

政治 zing3 zi6 zheng4 zhi4 = politics

醫治 ji1 zi6 yi1 zhi4 = to treat an illness

治安 zi6 on1 zhi4 an1 = law and order; public security

治理 zi6 lei5 zhi4 li3 = to govern; to administer; to control

治療 zi6 liu4 zhi4 liao2 = cure; treat; therapy

自治 zi6 zi6 zi4 zhi4 = autonomous; autonomy

自治區 zi6 zi6 keoi1 zi4 zhi4 qu1 = (PRC) autonomous region
See all 144 compounds (CantoDict reports 159 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 治
Unicode code for this character: U+6cbb (off-site link)

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