直る/治る both read なおる, and 直す/治す both read なおす.
Using either kanji would seem to give exactly the same meaning. I guess there may be a preferable kanji to use in both cases, or maybe people often used the incorrect ones and now both are accepted, idk.
The two kanji have different meanings; but, there is still only one なおる verb and only one なおす verb, as far as I can tell.
March 28, 2013 at 12:54pm