to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4 biao1])
Characters in this word
2治
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to rule, to govern, to manage, to control, to harness (a river), to treat (a disease), to wipe out (a pest), to punish, to research
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6571 of 2500
本
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- Pinyin
- běn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 799 of 2500