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Kanji Detail for 助 - "to help, to support"

助

  • Meaning

    助 means "to help, to support." Also associated with to save.

    1. Help - To assist; to aid.

    2. Support - To back up; to sustain.

    3. Save - To rescue; to deliver.

  • Words using 助

    • 援助 えんじょ Listen assistance; aid; support
    • 助成 じょせい Listen assisting; assistance; fostering
    • 助教授 じょきょうじゅ Listen assistant professor; associate professor
    • 助手 じょしゅ Listen assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
    • 救助 きゅうじょ Listen relief; aid; rescue
    • 助け たすけ Listen assistance; help; aid
    • 助役 じょやく Listen assistant official
    • 助言 じょげん Listen advice; counsel; suggestion

  • Four-character idioms with 助

    • 天佑神助 てんゆうしんじょ Listen divine grace; God's help
    • 相互扶助 そうごふじょ Listen mutual aid

  • Tattoo check: 助

    • Verified meaning: to help, to support
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すけ, すけじろう, すけむね, すけゆき)
    • Also carries these associations: to save

    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 助

    Given names 助(すけじろう)Listen 助(たすく)Listen

    Surnames 助(すけ)Listen 助(すけむね)Listen 助(すけゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    help; rescue; assist

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    help, aid, assist

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to help; to assist

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to help, to aid, to assist

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

    To assist. Meaning to use this strength to benefit that strength.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jo(ジョ) ジョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    su.keru(す-ける) す-ける

    suke(すけ) すけ

    tasu.karu(たす-かる) たす-かる

    tasu.keru(たす-ける) たす-ける

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    to help to support to save aid assist back benefit boost collaborate contribute cooperate deliver empower enable encourage facilitate promote relieve rescue serve succor sustain

Sentences including 助

  • I not only gave him some advice , i gave him some money.

  • All the girls helped each other.

  • If you ask him , he will help you.

  • It saved me.

  • I wish i could help you.

  • They are willing to help us out.

  • We need to help each other.

  • I was badly in need of his help at that time.

  • We cannot thank you too much for your help.

  • His help is indispensable to us.

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