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Kanji Detail for 救 - "to save, to rescue, aid"

救

  • Meaning

    救 means "to save, to rescue, aid."

    1. Save - To rescue; to help.

    2. Rescue - To deliver from danger.

    3. Aid - To assist; to support.

  • Words using 救

    • 救援 きゅうえん Listen relief; rescue
    • 救済 きゅうさい Listen relief; aid; help
    • 救急 きゅうきゅう Listen first-aid; emergency (aid)
    • 救助 きゅうじょ Listen relief; aid; rescue
    • 救出 きゅうしゅつ Listen rescue; extricate; reclaim
    • 救急車 きゅうきゅうしゃ Listen ambulance
    • 救命 きゅうめい Listen lifesaving
    • 救い すくい Listen help; rescue; aid

  • Four-character idioms with 救

    • 救国済民 きゅうこくさいみん Listen saving a nation and providing relief to the people

  • Tattoo check: 救

    • Verified meaning: to save, to rescue, aid
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きゅう, すくい, たすく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 救

    Surnames 救(きゅう)Listen 救(すくい)Listen 救(たすく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    salvation; save; help; rescue; reclaim

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    save, rescue, relieve; help, aid

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 救[jiu4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    aid, help; to rescue, to save

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To stop. (Analects) "Can you not save her?" Meaning to admonish and stop faults. | To help. To protect. Aiding and protecting to save from danger.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    suku.u(すく-う) すく-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    save rescue aid help prevent salvation assist deliver protect recover relieve remedy restore revive salvage

Sentences including 救

  • He rescued a cat from a high tree.

  • Call an ambulance.

  • The dog saved the girl's life.

  • He saved me from danger.

  • The medicine saved her life.

  • We waited for hours before help arrived.

  • They rescued him from danger.

  • It was tom that saved the girl.

  • Please send an ambulance.

  • Nothing but peace can save the world.

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