Kanji N3

治: reign, be at peace, calm down

治 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning reign, be at peace, calm down, written with 8 strokes. It is read ジ, チ (on) and おさめる, おさまる, なおる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 政治 (せいじ, politics) and 治る (なおる, to get better).

治

Meanings

  • reign
  • be at peace
  • calm down
  • subdue
  • quell
  • govt
  • cure
  • heal
  • rule
  • conserve
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#109 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジ
  • チ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おさめる
  • おさまる
  • なおる
  • なおす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 治

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 政治せいじ

    politics; government

    JLPT N4
  • 治るなおる

    to get better; to get well

    JLPT N4
  • 自治じち

    self-government; autonomy

    JLPT N2
  • 治安ちあん

    public order; public peace; public security

    JLPT N1
  • 治療ちりょう

    (medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

    JLPT N1
  • 統治とうじ

    rule; reign; government; governing

    JLPT N1
  • 退治たいじ

    extermination; elimination; eradication

    JLPT N1
  • 治すなおす

    to cure; to heal

    JLPT N2

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