(liáo)

HSK 47 strokesTrad.

to treat

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
liáo
Meaning
to treat; to cure; therapy
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸疒了

To clear 了 an illness 疒; 了 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

Traditional form : sickness

How to write step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhìliáo
HSK 4

to treat (an illness)

Open 治疗 page →
liáoyǎng
HSK 4

to get well

Open 疗养 page →
liáo
HSK 4

medical treatment

Open 医疗 page →
liáoxiào
HSK 7-9

healing efficacy; healing effect

Open 疗效 page →
liáo
HSK 7-9

therapy; treatment

Open 疗法 page →
huàliáo

chemotherapy

Open 化疗 page →
fàngliáo

radiotherapy (abbr. for 放射疗法); to treat by radio…

Open 放疗 page →
shuǐliáo

hydrotherapy; aquatherapy

Open 水疗 page →

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