Memory phrase for the character: 救

救

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Meaning

rescue, save, relieve

Pronunciation

KYŪ
sukuu

Explanation

 Left: ask for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), right: to beat 攵 (= a hand that holds a stick ノ)

Mnemonic
 
In the water 水 he is floating with his head 丶 still above the surface 一 and somebody with a stick ノ in his hand tries to rescue him.

Radicals

求 request, ask[I'm dying of thirst] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!
攵 Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)




 Vocabulary

救う すくう  to rescue from, to help out of
救急 きゅうきゅう  first-aid, emergency (aid)
救急車 きゅうきゅうしゃ  ambulance
救い すくい  help, aid, relief
救助 きゅうじょ  relief, aid, rescue
救援 きゅうえん  relief, rescue, reinforcement
救済 きゅうさい  relief, aid, rescue, salvation, help

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