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(jiù) - to save, to rescue in Mandarin

jiù

Traditional: 救

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HSK 4
#423 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to save, to rescue

Word origin

救 means to save or rescue. It is a phono-semantic compound with the 攵 'action/strike' radical and the phonetic 求 (qiú, to seek), the sense being to act to help.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
攵 (action radical) + 求 (qiú, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 救

Examples

Come and save me quickly!

He rescued a dog.

The doctor saved his life.

The doctor has saved many people.

Please save her quickly.

救 (jiù) - to save, to rescue.

Where this fits

Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 救.

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This word is part of lesson 9.