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U+6551, 救
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6551

[U+6550]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6552]

Translingual

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Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 66, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈水人大 (IEOK), four-corner 48140, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13221
  • Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1460, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6551

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kus) : phonetic (OC *ɡu) + semantic .

Etymology

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Likely cognate with (OC *ɡu, “to ask, seek”), Burmese ကူ (ku, to help) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuwH/
Li
Rong
/kiuH/
Wang
Li
/kĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiù
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.k(r)u-s/
English help, save

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10559
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kus/

Definitions

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  1. to aid; to support
  2. to save; to rescue
    只有民主主義能夠中國 [MSC, trad.]
    只有民主主义能够中国 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhǐyǒu mínzhǔzhǔyì nénggòu jiù Zhōngguó. [Pinyin]
    Only democracy can save China.
  3. to prohibit; to forbid
      ―  Nǚ fú néng jiù yǔ?  ―  Could you not stop him?

Synonyms

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  • (to aid):
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  • (to save):
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  • (to prohibit):
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Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (きゅう) (kyū)
  • Korean: 구(救) (gu)
  • Vietnamese: cứu ()

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. salvation
  2. save
  3. help
  4. rescue
  5. reclaim

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ku)
  • Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)
  • Kun: すくう (sukuu, 救う, Jōyō)すくい (sukui)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 건질 (geonjil gu))

  1. hanja form? of (save, rescue, relieve)
  2. hanja form? of (help, aid)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: cứu

  1. chữ Hán form of cứu (to help).