Taxonomy of meanings for 救:　　

  • 救 jiù (OC: kus MC: kiu) 居祐切 去 廣韻：【護也止也又姓風俗通漢有諫議大夫救仁居祐切十一 】
    • RESCUE
      • nabactsuccour; help, rescuing operation; rescue
      • vt(oN)to rescue (a contextually defined person)
      • vt[oN]rescue people
      • vtoNN=humancome to (someone's) aid, come to the rescue of, support someone in adversity
      • vtoNpassivebe rescued, receive succour
      • vtoNreflexive.自save (oneself)
      • vtt(oN.)+V[0]N=humsave the contextually determinate people from doing something
      • vtoNN=staterescue (a state etc)
      • vtt(oN1.)+N2rescue the contextually determinate N1 from N2
      • v[adN]rescue troopsCH
      • vtoNPab{S}prevent the undesirable SCH
      • object disaster>HINDER
        • of misfortune>REMOVE
          • vtoNremove
          • vtoNN=nonhu救火 remove so as to save people from (harm); be of help against, fight against (a fire etc)
          • of conflagration>EXTINGUISH
            • vtoNextinguish
            • vtoNpassivebe extinguished
          • of guilt>FORGIVE
            • vtoNforgive so as to rescue (see also 救赦）
          • of disease>CURE
            • of injustice>CORRECT
            • from adversity>HELP
              • vtoNsave from failure, helpLZ
        • 救 （二）ｊｉｕ１《集韻》居尤切，平尤見
          • =勼
        • jiùGATHER
          • vtoN=逑　assembleCH

        Additional information about 救

        說文解字:

          Criteria
        • RESCUE

          1. The current general word for rescuing someone is jiù 救.

          2. Jì 濟 refers to a successful campaign to save something from imminent decline or ruin.

          3. Zhěng 拯 is a dramatic word for a rescuing operation.

          4. Zhèn 振 is a dramatic word for a rescuing operation involving clear overtones of not only rescuing someone from an acute situation of danger but also following this operation up with lasting help.

          5. Zhèn 賑 refers to a rescuing operation centering around material help.

          Word relations
        • Object: (RESCUE)火/FIRE The standard word for fire is huǒ 火.
        • Contrast: (RESCUE)拯/RESCUE Zhěng 拯 is a dramatic word for a rescuing operation.
        • Contrast: (RESCUE)助/HELP The most general current word for helping someone else to perform a task is probably zhù 助 (ant. zǔ 阻 "hinder") which can refer to support given to men or other creatures.
        • Contrast: (RESCUE)愈/CURE The result of successful therapy is standardly yù 愈/瘉, yǐ 已 "cure" and chú 除 "the getting rid of the disease".
        • Assoc: (RESCUE)匡/HELP
        • Synon: (REMOVE)去/REMOVE The most general term for removing anything is qù 去.
        • Synon: (RESCUE)拯/RESCUE Zhěng 拯 is a dramatic word for a rescuing operation.