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Level 1 Kanji -- April 19, 2014

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救
  • on reading:
  • キュウ
  • kun reading:
  • すくう
  • meaning(s):
  • salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
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Compounds

救援 きゅうえん relief; rescue; reinforcement
救済 きゅうさい relief; aid; rescue; salvation; help
救い すくい help; aid; relief
救助 きゅうじょ relief; aid; rescue
救う すくう to rescue from; to help out of