救

Translingual

Han character

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

1. save, rescue, relieve
2. help, aid

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		救

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (求) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu
• Northern Min (KCR): giù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Yale: jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau³
    • Yale: gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù
    • Tâi-lô: kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwH

Rime
Character	救
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居祐切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.k(r)u-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	救
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	救
Reading #	1/1
No.	10559
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	救
Old Chinese	/*kus/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 救

1. to save; to rescue; to help

   只有社會主義能夠救中國。 [MSC, trad.]
   只有社会主义能够救中国。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐyǒu shèhuìzhǔyì nénggòu jiù Zhōngguó. [Pinyin]

   Only socialism can save China.

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

救

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

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

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

救 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

1. save, rescue, relieve
2. help, aid

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 救 (cứu)

1. Chữ Nôm character for ʽcứuʼ. help.