愈合

• 병음: yù hé
• 한자 분석: 愈 = 俞 (a character linked to healing/recovery — originally associated with medical restoration); 合 = 亼 + 口 (assembly + opening — to close, to come together)

뜻

아물다; 치유되다(상처가)

Primarily a medical/biological term for wound healing. Common phrases: 伤口愈合 (wound healing), 骨折愈合 (fracture healing), 愈合过程 (healing process). Used metaphorically for the healing of historical trauma, social divisions, or emotional wounds. More specific than 恢复 (recovery) or 好转 (improvement) in medical contexts.

예문

1. 人工皮肤研发常模拟伤口的分层愈合机制，以设计能加速愈合的材料支架。
2. 战后数十年，官方推动和解，但族群隔阂与集体创伤始终没有真正愈合。
3. 医生叮嘱伤口保持干燥清洁，因为潮湿会滋生细菌，延缓创面愈合并增加感染风险。

사용 가이드

맥락: medicine, biology, psychology, history, politics

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• PTSD治疗的难点在于，情绪记忆不像皮肤伤口那样能自发愈合，需专业干预重建认知。(The difficulty in treating PTSD is that emotional memory does not heal on its own like a skin wound, so professional intervention is needed to rebuild cognition.)
• 这个被种族歧视撕裂的社会，能否借真相与和解委员会部分愈合创伤，一直备受争议。(Whether this society, torn apart by racial discrimination, can partly heal its trauma through a truth and reconciliation commission has long been controversial.)

피해야 할 표현

• 我的感冒愈合了 — 愈合 applies to wounds, injuries, and fractures that physically close; for illnesses like a cold use 痊愈 (fully recovered) or 好了/康复了 (better/recovered) instead

기원과 역사

愈 (to recover/surpass — 俞a character historically linked to healing and recovery) + 合 (to close/come together — 亼to assemble + 口opening). Together: the wound closes and comes together — heals.

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal