漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
救: salvation, save
Also: help, rescue, reclaim
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
攵 carries the meaning · 求 gives the sound
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 救急車きゅうきゅうしゃambulance
- 救世主きゅうせいしゅsavior, messiah, rescuer
- 救世軍きゅうせいぐんSalvation Army
- 救命ボートきゅうめいボートlifeboat
- 救援活動きゅうえんかつどうrescue operation
- 救出するきゅうしゅつするrescue [v.t.]
- 救助するきゅうじょするaid, rescue [v.t.]
- 救済するきゅうさいするaid, rescue, salvage, help
すくうsukuu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 救うすくうrescue, help
- 救い主すくいぬしmessiah
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)求 (sound) + 攴 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 救 (rev. 92917718), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Seek (求) + strike (攵). To take decisive action (strike) in response to someone "seeking" help, pulling them out of danger.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side救 salvation · 攵
vs毬 burr · 毛In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiù
Same form: 救 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 救 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 救 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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