救 — salvation, save, help

すくう救 salvation

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+6551 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #799 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1006 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

salvation
save
help
rescue
reclaim

word

すく suku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

救(すく) う sukuu to save 救(すく) い sukui rescue

きゅう kyuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

救(きゅう) 急(きゅう) kyuukyuu emergency 救(きゅう) 助(じょ) kyuujo rescue 救(きゅう) 出(しゅつ) kyuushutsu rescue 救(きゅう) 急(きゅう) 車(しゃ) kyuukyuusha ambulance 救(きゅう) 世(せい) 主(しゅ) kyuuseishu savior 救(きゅう) 済(さい) kyuusai relief 救(きゅう) 援(えん) kyuuen rescue

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

もとむ求 request

攵 strike

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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