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Relief Aid Salvation Rescue Request 救 キュウ すく.う

Kanji
Onyomi キュウ
Kunyomi すく.う
English salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
Examples 救援(きゅうえん): relief; rescue; reinforcement
救済(きゅうさい): relief; aid; rescue; salvation; help
救助(きゅうじょ): relief; aid; rescue
救い(すくい): help; aid; relief; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace; providence
救う(すくう): to rescue from; to help out of; to save
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 799
Components 求: request; want; wish for; require; demand
攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 66
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword salvation
Koohii Story 1 Like in the biblical sense, someone looks skyward and makes a request for salvation from this horrible taskmaster...
Koohii Story 2 For salvation you have to request forgiveness from God (the ultimate taskmaster).
RTK Index 936

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq751-1000

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