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Kanji Detail for 佑 - "to aid"

佑

  • Meaning

    佑 means "to aid." Also associated with to protect.

    1. Help - To assist; to aid.

    2. Protect - To shelter; to guard.

    3. Divine blessing - Heavenly favor.

  • Four-character idioms with 佑

    • 天佑神助 てんゆうしんじょ Listen divine grace; God's help

  • Tattoo check: 佑

    • Verified meaning: to aid
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すぐる, すけ, すけじろう, すけむね)
    • Also carries these associations: to protect

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 佑

    Given names 佑(すけ)Listen 佑(すけじろう)Listen 佑(たすく)Listen 佑(ゆう)Listen

    Surnames 佑(すぐる)Listen 佑(すけむね)Listen 佑(すけゆき)Listen 佑(まさる)Listen 佑(ゆうじ)Listen 佑(ゆたか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    help; assist

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    help, protect, bless

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to bless; to protect

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to help; to protect; to bless

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To help; to protect.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    u(ウ) ウ

    yuu(ユウ) ユウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tasu.keru(たす-ける) たす-ける

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to aid to protect help assistance support defend guard guidance favor relief encouragement shelter succor

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