Meta:

  1. 救 is the 870th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> 𠂇 (left hand), (dot), (water), (knock)
Graphical :
=> 𠂇, , , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu4 - to save/to assist/to rescue

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 救 (jiu4): The component 求 is pronounced as 'qiu2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

拯救 
 
救命 

Medium Frequency

急救 
挽救 
搭救 
抢救 (搶救)
救助 
救援 
救济 (救濟)
救生艇 
救护车 (救護車)
救赎 (救贖)
求救 
无可救药 (無可救藥)
补救 (補救)
解救 

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Meta:

  1. 災 is the 1347th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (river), (fire)
Graphical :
=> , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zai1 - disaster/calamity

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

消灾 (消災)
火灾 (火災)
 ()
灾难 (災難)

Medium Frequency

受灾 (受災)
多灾多难 (多災多難)
天灾 (天災)
幸灾乐祸 (幸災樂禍)
成灾 (成災)
救灾 (救災)
旱灾 (旱災)
水灾 (水災)
泛滥成灾 (泛濫成災)
洪灾 (洪災)
灾区 (災區)
灾害 (災害)
灾情 (災情)
灾民 (災民)
灾祸 (災禍)
灾变 (災變)
重灾区 (重災區)
防灾 (防災)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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