Kanji N2

療: heal, cure

療 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning heal, cure, written with 17 strokes. It is read リョウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 医療 (いりょう, medical treatment) and 治療 (ちりょう, treatment).

療

Meanings

  • heal
  • cure
Strokes17
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#600 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リョウ

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 療

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

  • 医療いりょう

    medical treatment; medical care

    JLPT N3
  • 治療ちりょう

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

    JLPT N1
  • 診療しんりょう

    diagnosis and treatment; medical care

    JLPT N1
  • 療法りょうほう

    (method of) treatment; therapy; remedy; cure

  • 療養りょうよう

    recuperation; medical treatment

  • 治療法ちりょうほう

    method of treatment; cure; remedy

  • 療養所りょうようじょ

    sanatorium

  • 診療所しんりょうじょ

    clinic; medical office; infirmary

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.