治
zhì HSK4

govern

治 zhì
govern verb
to rule, govern, or manage a country or administrative affairs

他治下的一方百姓生活安稳。

tā zhì xià de yī fāng bǎi​xìng shēng​huó ān​wěn.

The people under his jurisdiction lived a stable and peaceful life.

treat verb
to treat a disease, medical condition, or patient

这种药可以治感冒。

zhè zhǒng yào kě​yǐ zhì gǎn​mào.

This medicine can treat a cold.

punish verb
to punish, discipline, or bring someone to justice

犯了法就要治罪。

fàn le fǎ jiù yào zhì zuì.

Those who break the law must be punished.

harness verb
to harness a river or control and wipe out pests or environmental issues

当地政府投入大量资金来治水。

dāng​dì zhèng​fǔ tóu​rù dà​liàng zī​jīn lái zhì​shuǐ.

The local government has invested a lot of funds in water management.

research noun
to study or engage in academic research

他在治学方面非常严谨。

tā zài zhì​xué fāng​miàn fēi​cháng yán​jǐn.

He is very rigorous in his academic scholarship.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
274th most common 810.9 per million
Movie subtitles
554th most common 254.9 per million appears in 55% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
32.7 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
66.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6CBB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)