Chinese Character Wiki
救

jiù

save

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.

Components
求 sound component

求  Sound component

qiú

  

seek

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

救 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
救 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
救 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
救 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

救  

jiù

save, rescue, relieve; help, aid; to save; to assist; to rescue

救 (捄) 

jiù

variant of 救[jiù]

Most common words with 救
Freq.
Word
Meaning

救

to save

拯救

to save

救命

Save me!

救援

to save

救助

aid

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.k(r)u-s

kjuwH

jiù

help, save


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 71.8725% of movies

352nd most common character in movies

872nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6551

Shuowen

“救，止也。从攴，求聲。”


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