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救い
すくい
- flat (heiban)
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
help, aid, relief
Taken apart
We don't have the data for this section. Wiktionary has no Etymology section for this reading, and a split made without one would be a guess.
Written with 救
In a sentence
アフリカの難民が救いを求めている。
Refugees in Africa are seeking help.
「神はわれらの救いである」と司祭は言った。
"God is our salvation," said the priest.
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 和語 Native Japanese
- Words that were already Japanese before Chinese vocabulary arrived — usually written with kun'yomi and often short.