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Chinese
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to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
to save; to assist; to rescue
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simp. and trad.
(求救)
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求
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救
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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求
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救
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiú
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jiù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjuw ›
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‹ kjuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)u/
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/*s.k(r)u-s/
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| English
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seek
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help, save
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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求
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救
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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10560
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10559
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Phonetic
component
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求
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求
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Rime
group
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幽
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𧚍
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救
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡu/
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/*kus/
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| Notes
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說文作裘古文，
甲文爲蛷初文與裘大異
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Verb
求救
- to ask somebody to come to the rescue; to cry for help
Derived terms
Descendants