heal
N1- Onyomi
- ユ
- Kunyomi
- い(える)・いや(す)
- Stroke count
- 18
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 癒 down and you get 疒 (illness) — someone lying on a bed, resting. Picture a bed made up for someone to rest in, put 癒 inside it, and let that scene stand for "heal" — heal. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 18
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18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 18 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
癒着
yuchaku
collusion
癒える
ieru
to heal
癒えて
iete
heal — te-form
癒着する
yuchakusuru
to do collusion
癒えます
iemasu
heal — polite present
癒えない
ienai
heal — plain negative
Example sentences (4)
行政と業界の癒着が報道されました。
ぎょうせい と ぎょうかい の ゆちゃく が ほうどう されました。
gyousei to gyoukai no yuchaku ga houdou saremashita.
Collusion between the government and industry was reported.
政治と業界の癒着が指摘されるたびに、制度の見直しが叫ばれます。
せいじ と ぎょうかい の ゆちゃく が してき される たび に、せいど の みなおし が さけばれます。
seiji to gyoukai no yuchaku ga shiteki sareru tabi ni, seido no minaoshi ga sakebaremasu.
Every time collusion between politics and industry is pointed out, calls for reform go up.
傷が癒えるまで時間がかかりました。
きず が いえる まで じかん が かかりました。
kizu ga ieru made jikan ga kakarimashita.
It took time for the wound to heal.
心の傷が癒えるには、周囲の理解と時間の両方が必要です。
こころ の きず が いえる に は、しゅうい の りかい と じかん の りょうほう が ひつよう です。
kokoro no kizu ga ieru ni wa, shuui no rikai to jikan no ryouhou ga hitsuyou desu.
For emotional wounds to heal, both the understanding of others and time are needed.