govern / cure
N3- Onyomi
- ジ・チ
- Kunyomi
- なお(る)・おさ(める)
- Stroke count
- 8
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 治 down and you get 氵 (water) — three drops of water running down the left edge, and beside it 台 (stand / platform) — a raised block to set things on. Picture a raised stone platform standing in flowing water, steering the current around it, put 治 inside it, and let that scene stand for "govern" — govern / cure. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 8
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は8画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 8 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
治療
chiryou
medical treatment
政治
seiji
politics
統治
touchi
governance
治める
osameru
to govern
治めて
osamete
govern — te-form
統治する
touchisuru
to do governance
Example sentences (4)
歯の治療に通っています。
は の ちりょう に かよっています。
wa no chiryou ni kayotteimasu.
I am going to the dentist for treatment.
治療が終わるまで、無理をしないほうがいいです。
ちりょう が おわる まで、むり を しない ほう が いい です。
chiryou ga owaru made, muri o shinai hou ga ii desu.
Until the treatment is over, it is better not to overdo it.
若い人は政治にあまり興味がありません。
わかい ひと は せいじ に あまり きょうみ が ありません。
wakai hito wa seiji ni amari kyoumi ga arimasen.
Young people are not very interested in politics.
政治のニュースは難しいですが、少しずつ分かるようになりました。
せいじ の にゅーす は むずかしい です が、すこし ずつ わかる よう に なりました。
seiji no nyuusu wa muzukashii desu ga, sukoshi zutsu wakaru you ni narimashita.
Political news is difficult, but I have gradually become able to understand it.