The kanji 救: meaning, readings and stroke order
救
- Meaning
- save, rescue
- On reading
- キュウ kyuu
- Kun reading
- すく(う) sukuu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攴 rap
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cứu
- Japanese
- すくう。たすける。
- Korean
- 구하다 (구)
- Chinese
- 救、救助
Readings, words and example sentences
キュウ kyuu · on reading
救助
rescue
山の 上で 救助を 待ちます。
They wait to be rescued on the mountain.
すく(う) sukuu · kun reading
救う
to save, to rescue
川で おぼれた 犬を 救いました。
I saved a dog that was drowning in the river.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.