拯 zhěng to help
to help; to aid
怎么记住“拯”: 扌 hand + 丞 pull up = to help. When his friend falls through the ice, the boy reaches out a hand, tries to pull up the shivering kid and screams for someone to help.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
拯 = 扌 hand + 丞 pull up
- 扌 hand meaning
- 丞 pull up meaning + sound
When his friend falls through the ice, the boy reaches out a hand, tries to pull up the shivering kid and screams for someone to help.
How it came to be
The hand gives the meaning; the right part gives the sound and helps with the meaning too.
用法
- Bound; to rescue/save, mainly in 拯救 (zhěngjiù), to save/deliver from danger: 拯救生命 (zhěngjiù shēngmìng) to save lives.
- More elevated and dramatic than 救 (jiù); often used for saving many, or saving from ruin.