Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

109 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve

Kunyomi: おさ.める おさ.まる なお.る なお.す

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(めいじ)   Meiji era

(せいじ)   politics

退する(たいじする)   exterminate

療する(ちりょうする)   give medical treatment

安(ちあん)   public peace and order

まる(おさまる)   be subdued [v.i.]

める(おさめる)   subdue [v.t.]

る(なおる)   heal, get well [v.i.]

す(なおす)   cure, fix [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

チリョウ (medical) treatment, care, therapy, cure, remedy

ジアン Jian era (1021.2.2-1024.7.13)

カンチ complete recovery

政党政 セイトウセイジ party politics

politics, government, administration, rule, peace, medical treatment, cure

チアン public order, public peace, public security, law and order

カンチ complete recovery

地方自 チホウジチ local (governmental) autonomy

Kunyomi Examples

める おさめる to govern, to manage, to subdue

まる おさまる to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.), to calm down, to cool off, to abate, to be settled, to be brought under control, to be at peace, to be governed well, to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.), to be alleviated, to get better, to ease off

なおる to get better, to get well, to recover (from an illness), to be cured, to be restored, to heal

なおす to cure, to heal, to fix, to correct, to repair, to do over again, to replace, to put back as it was, to convert (into a different state), to transform