Read Edit View history 治 zhì HSK4 govern Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound. Originally referred to a river in Shandong province. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 治 Simp strokes 治 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 治 Simp strokes 治 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 治 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 233, 755 ], [ 329, 696 ], [ 357, 652 ] ], [ [ 126, 537 ], [ 212, 492 ], [ 244, 461 ] ], [ [ 193, 42 ], [ 179, 74 ], [ 176, 124 ], [ 309, 391 ] ], [ [ 571, 797 ], [ 606, 753 ], [ 601, 740 ], [ 544, 626 ], [ 435, 461 ], [ 428, 427 ], [ 480, 425 ], [ 609, 460 ], [ 774, 492 ], [ 790, 479 ] ], [ [ 725, 603 ], [ 842, 485 ], [ 860, 453 ], [ 868, 414 ] ], [ [ 405, 279 ], [ 428, 261 ], [ 445, 235 ], [ 492, 12 ] ], [ [ 459, 280 ], [ 488, 268 ], [ 715, 316 ], [ 749, 308 ], [ 778, 279 ], [ 742, 152 ], [ 716, 133 ] ], [ [ 509, 82 ], [ 523, 70 ], [ 706, 101 ], [ 761, 102 ], [ 785, 93 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 259 708 Q 290 680 325 647 Q 341 632 358 633 Q 371 633 376 649 Q 382 665 372 699 Q 365 723 329 739 Q 242 772 228 763 Q 222 759 224 744 Q 228 731 259 708 Z", "M 140 503 Q 194 452 237 438 Q 253 437 263 452 Q 267 467 263 485 Q 244 531 176 542 Q 131 551 120 545 Q 114 544 118 530 Q 121 517 140 503 Z", "M 138 154 Q 126 150 129 132 Q 141 54 181 36 Q 188 29 199 32 Q 206 33 207 60 Q 213 111 309 371 Q 316 387 315 394 Q 314 404 305 397 Q 292 388 179 198 Q 166 176 138 154 Z", "M 781 508 Q 639 489 487 454 Q 471 448 466 453 Q 462 459 471 475 Q 621 703 654 740 Q 667 753 660 767 Q 653 782 595 808 Q 576 817 564 812 Q 549 805 557 780 Q 581 701 430 496 Q 403 468 362 437 Q 346 422 350 410 Q 357 389 387 366 Q 400 353 415 367 Q 487 418 802 481 C 831 487 811 512 781 508 Z", "M 802 481 Q 854 409 864 404 Q 873 401 881 410 Q 894 422 888 466 Q 884 523 726 614 Q 719 621 715 609 Q 712 596 721 584 Q 749 550 781 508 L 802 481 Z", "M 449 281 Q 437 285 414 289 Q 401 293 397 287 Q 390 280 400 262 Q 434 189 454 72 Q 458 36 478 13 Q 497 -12 504 6 Q 508 22 507 49 L 502 87 Q 478 210 475 246 C 472 274 472 274 449 281 Z", "M 763 124 Q 790 232 829 263 Q 848 284 831 303 Q 812 318 755 344 Q 734 353 711 343 Q 618 307 449 281 C 419 276 446 239 475 246 Q 484 249 688 288 Q 713 294 723 283 Q 735 273 732 249 Q 722 182 709 127 C 702 98 755 95 763 124 Z", "M 507 49 Q 514 48 526 50 Q 607 68 782 82 Q 794 83 795 93 Q 795 102 763 124 C 747 135 738 133 709 127 L 708 127 Q 594 99 502 87 C 472 83 477 50 507 49 Z" ] } 8 strokes 治 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 233, 755 ], [ 329, 696 ], [ 357, 652 ] ], [ [ 126, 537 ], [ 212, 492 ], [ 244, 461 ] ], [ [ 193, 42 ], [ 179, 74 ], [ 176, 124 ], [ 309, 391 ] ], [ [ 571, 797 ], [ 606, 753 ], [ 601, 740 ], [ 544, 626 ], [ 435, 461 ], [ 428, 427 ], [ 480, 425 ], [ 609, 460 ], [ 774, 492 ], [ 790, 479 ] ], [ [ 725, 603 ], [ 842, 485 ], [ 860, 453 ], [ 868, 414 ] ], [ [ 405, 279 ], [ 428, 261 ], [ 445, 235 ], [ 492, 12 ] ], [ [ 459, 280 ], [ 488, 268 ], [ 715, 316 ], [ 749, 308 ], [ 778, 279 ], [ 742, 152 ], [ 716, 133 ] ], [ [ 509, 82 ], [ 523, 70 ], [ 706, 101 ], [ 761, 102 ], [ 785, 93 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 259 708 Q 290 680 325 647 Q 341 632 358 633 Q 371 633 376 649 Q 382 665 372 699 Q 365 723 329 739 Q 242 772 228 763 Q 222 759 224 744 Q 228 731 259 708 Z", "M 140 503 Q 194 452 237 438 Q 253 437 263 452 Q 267 467 263 485 Q 244 531 176 542 Q 131 551 120 545 Q 114 544 118 530 Q 121 517 140 503 Z", "M 138 154 Q 126 150 129 132 Q 141 54 181 36 Q 188 29 199 32 Q 206 33 207 60 Q 213 111 309 371 Q 316 387 315 394 Q 314 404 305 397 Q 292 388 179 198 Q 166 176 138 154 Z", "M 781 508 Q 639 489 487 454 Q 471 448 466 453 Q 462 459 471 475 Q 621 703 654 740 Q 667 753 660 767 Q 653 782 595 808 Q 576 817 564 812 Q 549 805 557 780 Q 581 701 430 496 Q 403 468 362 437 Q 346 422 350 410 Q 357 389 387 366 Q 400 353 415 367 Q 487 418 802 481 C 831 487 811 512 781 508 Z", "M 802 481 Q 854 409 864 404 Q 873 401 881 410 Q 894 422 888 466 Q 884 523 726 614 Q 719 621 715 609 Q 712 596 721 584 Q 749 550 781 508 L 802 481 Z", "M 449 281 Q 437 285 414 289 Q 401 293 397 287 Q 390 280 400 262 Q 434 189 454 72 Q 458 36 478 13 Q 497 -12 504 6 Q 508 22 507 49 L 502 87 Q 478 210 475 246 C 472 274 472 274 449 281 Z", "M 763 124 Q 790 232 829 263 Q 848 284 831 303 Q 812 318 755 344 Q 734 353 711 343 Q 618 307 449 281 C 419 276 446 239 475 246 Q 484 249 688 288 Q 713 294 723 283 Q 735 273 732 249 Q 722 182 709 127 C 702 98 755 95 763 124 Z", "M 507 49 Q 514 48 526 50 Q 607 68 782 82 Q 794 83 795 93 Q 795 102 763 124 C 747 135 738 133 709 127 L 708 127 Q 594 99 502 87 C 472 83 477 50 507 49 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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