療

See also: 疗

療	U+7642, 療 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7642

← 癁
[U+7641]

CJK Unified Ideographs

癃 →
[U+7643]

療	U+F9C1, 療 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C1

← 燎
[U+F9C0]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

蓼 →
[U+F9C2]

Translingual

Han character

療 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大大金火 (KKCF), four-corner 0019₆, composition ⿸疒尞)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22500
Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2696, character 10
Unihan data for U+7642

Unihan data for U+F9C1

Chinese

trad.		療
simp.		疗
alternative forms		𤻲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
簝	reːw, reːw
潦	reːwʔ, reːws
獠	reːwʔ, ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	reːwʔ, reːw
燎	rew, rewʔ, *rews
繚	rewʔ, reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	rewʔ, reːw, *reːws
憭	rewʔ, reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	rewʔ, reːwʔ
僚	rewʔ, reːw
嫽	rewʔ, reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	rews, reːw
鷯	rews, reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	reːw, reːwʔ
嘹	reːw, reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	reːw, reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	reːw, reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rews): semantic 疒 (“disease”) + phonetic 尞.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ / liu⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liàu

(Hailu, HRS): liau

(Meixian, Guangdong): liau²

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): liao²
Eastern Min (BUC): liêu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo² / liao²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵ / liou⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
  - Wade–Giles: liao²
  - Yale: lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ / liu⁶
  - Yale: lìuh / liuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ / liu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ / liu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/, /liːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liau²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau
  - Sinological IPA: /liau⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liau²
  - Sinological IPA: /liau¹¹/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: liao²
  - Sinological IPA: /liɔ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iɛu²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu²⁴/
- (Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liəu²⁴/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: liao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɐu¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Longyan): /liau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liao⁵ / liou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/

Note:

liao5 - Shantou;
liou5 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liau
  - MiniDict: liau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³liau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: ljewH

Rime
Character	療
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力照切
Baxter	ljewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liaw^H/
Li Rong	/liɛu^H/
Wang Li	/lĭɛu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	療
Reading #	1/1
No.	8086
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤊽
Old Chinese	/*rews/
Notes	說文正體從樂

Definitions

療

to treat; to cure; to heal
若執之者，則腹心之疾，無藥可療。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若执之者，则腹心之疾，无药可疗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Ruò zhí zhī zhě, zé fùxīn zhī jí, wú yào kě liáo. [Pinyin]
If [one] be obstinate, then [this is] a vital illness, [and] no drug could cure [this].
therapy; treatment
水療／水疗 ― shuǐliáo ― aquatherapy; hydrotherapy

自然療／自然疗 ― zìrán liáo ― natural treatment

Compounds

光療 / 光疗 (guāngliáo)
冷療 / 冷疗 (“cryotherapy”)
刮骨療毒 / 刮骨疗毒
化學治療 / 化学治疗 (huàxué zhìliáo)
化學療法 / 化学疗法 (huàxué liáofǎ)
吸入治療 / 吸入治疗 (xīrù zhìliáo)
團體治療 / 团体治疗 (tuántǐ zhìliáo)
基因治療 / 基因治疗 (jīyīn zhìliáo)
尿療法 / 尿疗法 (niàoliáofǎ)
心理治療 / 心理治疗 (xīnlǐ zhìliáo)
心理療法 / 心理疗法 (xīnlǐ liáofǎ)
放療 / 放疗 (fàngliáo)
根管治療 / 根管治疗 (gēnguǎn zhìliáo)
民俗療法 / 民俗疗法 (mínsú liáofǎ)
氣功療法 / 气功疗法 (qìgōng liáofǎ)
水療 / 水疗 (shuǐliáo, “hydrotherapy”)
水療法 / 水疗法 (shuǐliáofǎ)
泥療 / 泥疗
治療 / 治疗 (zhìliáo)
浴療 / 浴疗 (yùliáo)
激素替代療法 / 激素替代疗法 (jīsù tìdài liáofǎ)
煮字療飢 / 煮字疗饥
熱療 / 热疗
營療 / 营疗
物理治療 / 物理治疗 (wùlǐ zhìliáo)
牽引療法 / 牵引疗法
理療 / 理疗 (lǐliáo)
療傷 / 疗伤 (liáoshāng)
療效 / 疗效 (liáoxiào)
療方 / 疗方
療治 / 疗治
療法 / 疗法 (liáofǎ)
療病 / 疗病
療瘡剜肉 / 疗疮剜肉
療程 / 疗程 (liáochéng)
療補 / 疗补
療貧 / 疗贫
療飢 / 疗饥
療養 / 疗养 (liáoyǎng)
療養所 / 疗养所 (liáoyǎngsuǒ)
療養院 / 疗养院 (liáoyǎngyuàn)
睡眠療法 / 睡眠疗法
職能治療 / 职能治疗 (zhínéng zhìliáo)
舞蹈治療 / 舞蹈治疗 (wǔdǎo zhìliáo)
芳香療法 / 芳香疗法 (fāngxiāng liáofǎ)
藥物治療 / 药物治疗 (yàowù zhìliáo)
蠟療 / 蜡疗
血清療法 / 血清疗法
診療 / 诊疗 (zhěnliáo)
診療所 / 诊疗所 (zhěnliáosuǒ)
語言治療 / 语言治疗 (yǔyán zhìliáo)
足療 / 足疗 (zúliáo)
輻射治療 / 辐射治疗 (fúshè zhìliáo)
運動治療 / 运动治疗 (yùndòng zhìliáo)
遠距醫療 / 远距医疗
醫療 / 医疗 (yīliáo)
醫療給付 / 医疗给付
電療 / 电疗 (diànliáo)
靈療 / 灵疗
音樂治療 / 音乐治疗 (yīnyuè zhìliáo)
食物療法 / 食物疗法
食療 / 食疗 (shíliáo)
飲食療法 / 饮食疗法
魚療 / 鱼疗 (yúliáo, “fish therapy”)

References

“療”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
(Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “庙”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “疗”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 356.