TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
療
療 ＝ 疒 ＋ 尞
ㄌㄧㄠˊ · liáo
verb — to treat, heal, cure (an illness)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
疒義sickness — what the treatment works on
尞聲liáo — gives the sounda stack of wood set alight; the same donor under 燎遼僚
Sickness (疒) worked on to drive it out — to treat, to heal. 尞 liáo carries the sound, exact, the burning-stack donor under 燎, 遼, 僚. From healing the body: 治療, 醫療, 療養, and the recovery of 療效.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
對著病（疒）下藥，一點點把它逼退——療。
The medicine works against the sickness (疒), pressing it back step by step — to heal.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)治、醫— to treat, heal常用
→治療、醫療— to treat; medical care常用
⇒療養、療效— to recuperate; curative effect
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
尞liáothe phonetic alone — 療 wraps the sickness around it燎liáothe same donor — fire 火 where 療 takes the sickness