U+6551, 救
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6551

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

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology edit

Likely cognate with Burmese ကူ (ku, to help).

Pronunciation edit



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 edit

  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 edit

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

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

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

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 건질 (geonjil gu))

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

Compounds edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Việt readings: cứu

  1. chữ Hán form of cứu (to help).