治疗学 (zhì liáo xué) — therapeutics

Definition

noun
therapeutics

Examples

  • 治疗学。
    Xiàn dài zhì liáo xué de fā zhǎn fēi cháng xùn sù.
    Modern therapeutics develops very rapidly.
  • 治疗学。
    Tā zài dà xué lǐ xué xí zhì liáo xué.
    He studies therapeutics at university.
  • 治疗学。
    Zhōng yī hé xī yī de zhì liáo xué gè yǒu tè sè.
    Chinese and Western therapeutics each have their own characteristics.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

治疗treat
治zhìtreat疗liáoheal
联合Side by side
学xuéstudy

治 and 疗 both mean treat, and 学 denotes a field of study.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
台
台tái治zhì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

治 has 水 (water) and 台; 台 gives the sound, and the character named a river.

Open 治 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèdisease
Sound part声符shēngfú
尞
尞liáo療liáo
Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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