Memory phrase for the Kanji: 治


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Meaning

govern, rule, manage, cure, heal

Pronunciation

CHI, JI
osameru, naosu

Explanation

Left: Water , right: platform (= nose over the mouth )

Mnemonic

The water on the platform (i.e. high plateau) is managed by the government and can heal.

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui is a short form of water
platform
noseIs typically understood as a nose in a sideview which is directed to the left.
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Vocabulary

 政治家  せいじか  politician
 治す  なおす  to cure, to heal, to fix, to correct, to repair
 治る  なおる  to be cured, to be repaired
 治める  おさめる  to govern, to manage,to subdue
 統治  とうち  rule, reign, government, governing
 政治  せいじ  politics/government
 湯治  とうじ  hot-spring cure, taking the baths
 治安  ちあん  public order
 明治時代  めいじじだい  Meiji period (1868-1912)

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