疗 (liáo) — (bound form) to treat (an illness), to cure; therapy, recuperation
Definition
疗 is a bound form meaning 'treatment / to treat (an illness)' — it only appears in compound words like 疗程, 疗养, 疗效. The verb on its own is 治疗.
bound form
to treat (an illness)to curetherapyrecuperation
Examples
- 。Zhè zhǒng bìng xū yào cháng qī zhì liáo.This illness requires long-term treatment.
- 。Tā qù yī yuàn jìn xíng liáo yǎng le.He went to the hospital to recuperate.
- 。Zhěng gè liáo chéng dà yuē xū yào sān gè yuè.The entire course of treatment takes about three months.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost 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.
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