# 療

| 療 | U+7642, &#30274; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7642 |
| ← 癁 [U+7641] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 癃 → [U+7643] |
| 療 | U+F9C1, &#63937; 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 0019$_6$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (liao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$ / liu$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liàu
    (Hailu, HRS): liau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): liêu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$liau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^2$
*** Yale: lyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$ / liu$^6$
*** Yale: lìuh / liuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$ / liu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$ / liu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹/, /liːu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau
*** Sinological IPA: /liau⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liêu
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iɛu²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /lieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
*** Tâi-lô: liâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liao$^5$ / liou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu / liôu
*** Sinological IPA : /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/
* liao5 - Shantou;
* liou5 - Chaozhou.
* 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 | liu$^6$ |
* 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
       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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* heal
* cure

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
* Kun: いやす (iyasu, 療やす)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 療 (MC ljewH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 료ᇢ〮 (Yale: ryów) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 료 (lywo) (Yale: ryo) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɾjo] ~ [jo]
* Phonetic hangul: [료/요]

### Hanja

Wikisource 療 (eumhun 고칠 료 (gochil ryo), word-initial (South Korea) 고칠 요 (gochil yo))
* hanja form of 료/요 (“heal; cure”)

#### Compounds

* 요법 (療法, yobeop)
* 요약 (療藥, yoyak)
* 요양 (療養, yoyang)
* 의료 (醫療, uiryo)
* 진료 (診療, jillyo)
* 치료 (治療, chiryo)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

療: Hán Nôm readings: liệu
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