治 zhì to rule; to govern; to manage
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 台 tái typhoon; platform ]Made with 8 strokes.
It is appropriate for 'water' to be included in 'to rule' as water management was one of the earliest system of regulation. The second part provides the phonetic and on its own means 'platform'
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Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) 港 gǎng (harbor) 海 hǎi (sea) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 汉 hàn (chinese) 河 hé (river) 洪 hóng (flood) 湖 hú (lake) 活 huó (to live) 济 jì (to cross a river) 江 jiāng (river) 津 jīn (ferry crossing) 酒 jiǔ (wine) 满 mǎn (to fill) 没 méi (have not) 泡 pào (bubble) 汽 qì (steam) 浅 qiǎn (shallow) 清 qīng (clear) 涉 shè (to wade) 洗 xǐ (to wash) 演 yǎn (to develop) 渔 yú (fishing) 泽 zé (pool) 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 台 tái component: 始 shǐ (to begin) 抬 tái (to lift)
Sounds same
志 zhì (aspiration) 至 zhì (to arrive) 致 zhì (to send) 置 zhì (to install)Different tone
只 zhī (one) 之 zhī (him) 知 zhī (to know) 支 zhī (to support) 枝 zhī (branch) 直 zhí (straight) 值 zhí (value) 植 zhí (to plant) 纸 zhǐ (paper) 止 zhǐ (to stop) 夂 zhǐ (walk slowly)Pronunciation
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