癒
癒 — Healing
healing, cure, quench (thirst), wreak
On’yomiユ (yu)
Kun’yomiいえる (ieru)
Kun’yomiいやす (iyasu)
Kun’yomiいやす (iyasu)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 癒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癒着 | ゆちゃく yuchaku | adhesion; conglutination; accretion |
| 治癒 | ちゆ chiyu | healing; cure; recovery |
Study notes
癒 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1667 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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