Memory phrase for the character: 救

救

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Meaning

to rescue, to save, to assist

Pronunciation

jiù

Explanation

 Left: ask for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
In the water 水 someone is floating with his head 丶 still above the surface 一, and next to him is someone with a stick ノ in his hand , trying to rescue him.

Radicals

求 to beg, seek, request[I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

挽救 wǎn jiù  to save; to remedy; to rescue
救国 jiù guó  to save the nation
救济 jiù jì  emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
抢救 qiǎng jiù  rescue
拯救 zhěng jiù  to save; to rescue
 

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