療 appears in words for medical treatment and care. Learn its reading alongside complete words.

The idea

療 has 17 strokes and the on-reading りょう. Read 治療（ちりょう）, 医療（いりょう） and 療養（りょうよう） as whole words; the table puts them in context. Follow the linked stroke-order diagram.

Patterns to compare
Japanese wordReading
治療ちりょう
医療いりょう
療養りょうよう

Examples

  • 医者いしゃが治療ちりょうを説明せつめいしました。The doctor explained the treatment.
  • 患者かんじゃは病院びょういんで治療ちりょうを受うけています。The patient is receiving treatment at the hospital.
  • 彼女かのじょは医療いりょうの仕事しごとをしています。She works in medical care.
  • 歯医者はいしゃが私わたしの歯はを治療ちりょうしました。The dentist treated my tooth.
  • リハビリは家いえで続つづいています。The rehabilitation continues at home.
  • 治療ちりょうに三さんか月げつかかりました。The treatment took three months.

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Watch out

治療 is treatment, not a guarantee of recovery. 治る（なおる） describes a condition getting better; 療 is generally used in compounds rather than alone.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 治療 in hiragana.

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    ちりょう

    治療 is read ちりょう. It means treatment, as in the doctor’s explanation.

  2. Write the reading of 医療 in hiragana.

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    いりょう

    医療 is read いりょう. It refers to medical care, as in her work.

  3. Choose the missing kanji: ＿養（りょうよう）［療／病］.

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    療

    療 completes 療養（りょうよう）, recuperation or care while recovering.

Use it today

Write 療 using the stroke-order diagram. Cover the table, read 治療 and 医療, and make a sentence with one.