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救 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「攵」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
すく(う)suku(u)
Meaning
to rescue; save; help

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

求 "to seek" plus 攵 "action of the hand"; reaching out to one who calls for help — "to rescue."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū救助きゅうじょ救援きゅうえん救急きゅうきゅう
Kunすくうsukū救うすくう救いすくい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 救助きゅうじょ

    rescue

  • 救急車きゅうきゅうしゃ

    ambulance

More words with this kanji

  • 救護班きゅうごはん
  • 匡救きょうきゅう
  • 救恤きゅうじゅつ
  • 拯救じょうきゅう
  • 救済きゅうさい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

海(うみ)でおぼれた人(ひと)を救(すく)った。

They rescued a person drowning in the sea.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

救助救急車救急車救助help急hurry車car政govern…故reason攻attack放releas…敏quick久long…旧old九nine及reach弓bow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 攵Map of reading キュウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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