療法

See also: 疗法

Chinese

to treat; to cure
 
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (療法)
simp. (疗法)

Pronunciation


Noun

療法

  1. (medicine) therapy (attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
りょう
Grade: S
ほう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

/reupapu//reufafu//reuhafu//reuhau//reuhɔː//rjoːhoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 療法 (liæu? pjop, literally treat, heal + method, way of doing things). Compare modern Min Nan reading liâu-hoat.

Pronunciation

Noun

療法 (hiragana りょうほう, rōmaji ryōhō, historical hiragana れうはふ)

  1. therapy

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References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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