救
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to save; to assist; to rescue
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攴 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 救
- Common rank
- #900
- Unicode
- U+6551
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
rescue · Heisig RSH #343
taskmaster + 求 request
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 救
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 治病救人 | to treat the disease to save the patient; to criticize a person in order to help him | |
| 远水不救近火 | see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3] | |
| 不可救药 | see 無可救藥|无可救药[wu2 ke3 jiu4 yao4] | |
| 曲线救国 | (of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-… | |
| 无可救药 | (idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any po… | |
| 无药可救 | see 無可救藥|无可救药[wu2 ke3 jiu4 yao4] | |
| 远水救不了近火 | water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here; (fig.) a slow … | |
| 救生员 | lifeguard | |
| 救世主 | the Savior (in Christianity) | |
| 救护人员 | rescue worker | |
| 救世军 | Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865) | |
| 救生衣 | life jacket; life vest | |
| 行政救济 | administrative remedy | |
| 救场如救火 | the show must go on (idiom) | |
| 救国 | to save the nation | |
| 救市 | market rescue (by central bank) | |
| 救生 | to save a life; life-saving | |
| 救生船 | lifeboat | |
| 自救 | to get oneself out of trouble | |
| 有救 | able to be saved; there's still a chance; remediable |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 求 — compare how they read.