治愈

zhì yù · HSK 7

to cure

🩹 治愈 = 治 treat + 愈 heal/recover = to cure

治 — water radical 氵 + 台 (phonetic)
治 originally referred to the name of a river, written with the water radical 氵 for meaning and 台 as the phonetic component. From 'managing rivers' (flood control), the meaning broadened to 'govern, regulate, manage,' and later 'cure, heal' — all senses of bringing something unruly under control.

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