癒 meaning and stroke order
To recover, to get well
How to write 癒, stroke by stroke
18 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 癒
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- variant of 愈[yu4]
- to heal
How 癒 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. To recover 愈 from an illness 疒; 愈 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 疒 (sickness), shared by 127 characters on this site.
How to remember 癒
Picture the sickness radical 疒 as a sickbed roof sheltering 愈 (yù), which means getting better. Under the sickbed roof, the patient is getting better, so 癒 means to heal.
癒 is mainly used in traditional Chinese texts and in words about recovering from illness or injury, such as 治癒 (zhìyù) and 痊癒 (quányù). In mainland simplified Chinese, the same words are normally written with 愈. Example: 他的傷口已經癒合了。(Tā de shāngkǒu yǐjīng yùhé le.) His wound has already healed.
Common mistake: Learners often write 癒 in phrases like 愈來愈 (yù lái yù, more and more). Only 愈 works there, because that sense has nothing to do with illness. Also keep the tone falling, yù, not yú as in 愉 (yú, happy).
Common words with 癒
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 癒
How many strokes are in 癒?
癒 is written with 18 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 癒 mean?
癒 (yù) means to recover, to get well. A common word with it is 治愈 (zhìyù), meaning "to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming".
How do you pronounce 癒?
癒 is pronounced yù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 癒?
The radical of 癒 is 疒, which carries the idea of "sickness". Dictionaries list 癒 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 癒?
癒 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 愈, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 癒 and 愈?
In the meaning to heal or recover, they are the same word, and 癒 is listed as a variant of 愈. 愈 also means more or even more, as in 愈來愈好, and 癒 is never used for that. Simplified Chinese uses 愈 for everything.
Why does 治愈 sometimes mean heartwarming?
In modern internet and pop culture usage, 治愈 (zhìyù) describes something that soothes your feelings, like a cozy film or a cute cat video. It borrows the idea of healing and applies it to emotions. People say 很治愈 (hěn zhìyù) to mean very comforting.