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Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
救 is a phono-semantic compound: 攵 (hand) carries the meaning, while 求 indicates the sound.
Radical: 攵 + 7 more strokes
jiù救

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Open the tool →救 (jiù) means “To save” in Chinese.
救 is pronounced jiù in Mandarin Chinese.
救 has 11 strokes.
救 is written in 11 strokes, starting from the radical 攵. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 救 is 攵, and 救 is a phono-semantic compound.
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