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音読み　(おんよみ)：　ジ、チ

訓読み　(くんよみ)：　おさ・める、おさ・まる、なお・る、なお・す

部首　(ぶしゅ)：　氵　(さんずい)

Meaning:　reign, rule, govern, quell, cure, heal, subdue, calm down

Notes:

宇治

うじ
Uji prefecture

自治

じち
self government, autonomy

治安

ちあん
public order

治める

おさめる
govern, quel; be at peace, clamp down, lessen

治す

なおす
heal, cure

 

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