| Chinese Text Project |
| 救 U+6551 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 𣪋 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 攴+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.434#35 Kangxi: p.471#09 Cihai: p.604r2c02 GSR: 1066.m Hanyu: v2,p1460#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 求, right: 攵. Component of: 𭛾 慦 𤨣 𭫣 |
| Mandarin: | jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ |
| Cantonese: | gau3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *giòu |
| Shuowen: | 《攴部》救：止也。从攴求聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·宥·救》救：護也，止也，又姓風俗通漢有諫議大夫救仁。居祐切，十一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·攴部·七》救：《廣韻》居祐切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》居又切，𠀤音廏。《說文》止也。《博雅》助也。《廣韻》護也。《書·太甲》尚賴匡救之德。《詩·大雅》式救爾後。又《周禮·地官·司救註》救，猶禁也，以禮防禁人之過者也。又《爾雅·釋器》絇謂之救。《註》救絲以爲絇。又姓。《風俗通》諫議大夫救仁。又《集韻》恭于切，音拘。《周禮·司救》劉昌宗讀。又《韻補》叶居尤切。《詩·邶風》何有何亡，黽勉求之。凡民有喪，匍匐救之。《武王盤銘》溺於淵，尚可遊也。溺於人，不可救也。 |
| Fanqie: | 居祐 (《廣韻·去聲·宥·救》) |
| Unihan definition: | save, rescue, relieve; help, aid |
Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 子謂冉有曰：「女弗能救與？」 |
| The Master said to Ran You, "Can you not save him from this?" | |
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 今之為仁者，猶以一杯水，救一車薪之火也。 |
| Those, however, who now-a-days practise benevolence do it as if with one cup of water they could save a whole waggon-load of fuel which was on fire. | |
| 《禮記·檀弓下》: | 《詩》云：『凡民有喪，扶服救之。』 |
| It is said in the Book of Poetry, "If there was any mourning among the people, I did my utmost to help them." | |
| 《孝經·事君》: | 子曰：「君子之事上也，進思盡忠，退思補過，將順其美，匡救其惡，故上下能相親也。」 |
| The Master said, "The superior man serves his ruler in such a way that, when at court in his presence, his thought is how to discharge his loyal duty to the utmost, and when he retires from it, his thought is how to amend his errors. He carries out with deference the measures springing from his excellent qualities and rectifies him (only) to save him from what are evil. Hence, as the superior and inferior, they are able to have an affection for each other." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或問：「義帝初矯，劉龕南陽，項救河北。」 |
| Someone asked: When Emperor Yi first established his rule, Liu Bang took Nanyang and Xiang Ji rescued Hebei. | |
| 《墨子·七患》: | 邊國至境四鄰莫救，二患也。 |
| When an enemy state is approaching and yet one's neighbours do not come to the rescue, this is the second worry. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 夫道不欲雜，雜則多，多則擾，擾則憂，憂而不救。 |
| The right method (in such a case) will not admit of any admixture. With such admixture, the one method will become many methods. Their multiplication will embarrass you. That embarrassment will make you anxious. However anxious you may be, you will not save (yourself). | |
| 《道德經》: | 是以聖人常善救人，故無棄人。 |
| In the same way the sage is always skilful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man. | |
| 《荀子·天論》: | 日月食而救之，天旱而雩，卜筮然後決大事，非以為得求也，以文之也。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 古者有菑者謂之厲，君一時素服，使有司弔死問疾，憂以巫醫，匍匐以救之，湯粥以方之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 所救已解，如挑與之戰，此無善善之心，而輕救民之意也，是以賤之。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 趙宣子請師於靈公而救之。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 盥盤之銘曰：「與其溺於人也，寧溺於淵，溺於淵猶可游也，溺於人不可救也。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·誅伐》: | 世無聖賢方伯，諸侯有相滅者，力能救者可也 |
| 《新書·鑄錢》: | 民方陷溺，上且弗救乎？ |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 來年秦復攻王，王無救矣。 |
| 《中論·虛道》: | 故語稱救寒莫如重裘，止謗莫如修身，療暑莫如親冰，信矣哉。 |
| 《孔子家語·五儀解》: | 於是帝辛介雀之德，不脩國政，亢㬥無極，朝臣莫救，外寇乃至，殷國以亡 |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 乃反謂經不信而賢皆無益於救亂，因廢真賢不復求進，更任俗吏，雖滅亡可也。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 衛之驂乘者，見御者之過，從後呼車，有救危之義，不被其罪。 |
| 《太玄經·銳》: | 次八，銳其銳，救其敗。 |
| 《風俗通義·五伯》: | 對曰：「狄困於衛，復兵不救，須滅乃往存之。」 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 振，救也。 |
| 《申鑒·俗嫌》: | 吉而濟，凶而救之謂益。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 因樹碑為銘曰：「惟君之質體清良兮，昔佐殷姬，忠孝彰兮，委國捐爵，諫國亡兮，譏武伐紂，欲喻匡兮，時不可救，曆運蒼兮，追念先侯，受命皇兮，憂褱感兮，雖歾不朽，名字芳兮。」 |
| 《列子·仲尼》: | 吾始知《詩》《書》禮樂无救於治亂，而未知所以革之之方：此樂天知命者之所憂。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 夫仁之功，善與不爭，下不怨上，辯士之功，釋怨解難，智士之功，事至而治，難至而應，忠臣之功，正言直行，矯拂王過，義臣之功，存亡繼絕，救弱誅暴，信臣之功，正不易言，貞謙之功，廢私立公，禮臣之功，尊君卑臣，賢士之功，敵國憚之，四境不侵，聖人之功，定制於冥冥，求至欲得，言聽行從，近親遠附，明達四通，內有挾度，然後有以量人。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 故天下之事不可為也，因其自然而推之，萬物之變不可救也，秉其要而歸之。 |
| 《文始真經·九藥》: | 古人之言，學之多弊，不可不救。 |
| 《列仙傳·崔文子》: | 後有疫氣，民死者萬計，長吏之文所請救。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 是以聖人常善救人，聖人所以常教人忠孝者，欲以救人性命。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 前時五諸侯嘗相與共伐韓，秦發兵以救之。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 忠未足以救亂世，而適足以重非。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 匡主之過，救主之失，明理義以道其主，主無邪僻之行，蔽欺之患，此臣之所以為功也。 |
| 《孫子兵法·虛實》: | 故我欲戰，敵雖高壘深溝，不得不與我戰者，攻其所必救也。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 禁暴救亂曰義，恃眾以伐曰彊，因怒興師曰剛，棄禮貪利曰暴，國亂人疲舉事動眾曰逆。 |
| 《六韜·文師》: | 免人之死、解人之難、救人之患、濟人之急者，德也。 |
| 《司馬法·定爵》: | 凡五兵五當，長以衛短，短以救長，迭戰則久，皆戰則強。 |
| 《尉繚子·戰威》: | 必也因民所生而制之，因民所營而顯之，田祿之實，飲食之親，鄉里相勸，死喪相救，兵役相從，此民之所勵也。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 所適如肢體相隨，骨節相救，天道自然，其巧無間。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 灼者不能救火，身體有所痛也。 |
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