Kanji 助

音読おんよみ: ジョ

訓読くんよみ: たすける・たすかる

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: ちから(力)

Meaning

Help / Assist / Rescue

Conjugation
Tap for 助ける (help someone) Tap for 助かる (be saved)
  • 助手じょしゅ — assistant
  • 助詞じょし — particles 101 Guide
  • 援助えんじょ — aid, support
  • 救助きゅうじょ — rescue
  • 助言じょげん — advice, counsel
  • 助力じょりょく — assistance, support
More examples - tap to expand
  • 助成じょせい — subsidy, grant
  • 補助ほじょ — supplement, assistance
  • 助動詞じょどうし — auxiliary verb
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • たすう — to help each other
  • たすす — to rescue; to help out

助 combines the 力 (power) radical with a phonetic component to express “adding power” — helping or supporting others with strength.

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