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拯 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ショウ・ジョウしょう・じょう · shō · jō
Kun
すく.うsuku.u
Meaning
to rescue

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 丞 as phonetic: to reach out a hand and save.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拯救じょうきゅう

    rescue; relief

  • 救済きゅうさい

    relief; salvation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

民(みん)を水火(すいか)から拯うのが務(つと)めだ。

It is our duty to rescue the people from fire and flood.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拯救救済拯救to res…済to fin…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…仍theref…仗arms呏gallon劭to str…妝to ado…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ショウAll maps

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