助
commonhelp; rescue; assist
Radical: 力 (power). Strokes: 7画. Elements: 目力. . Hangul: 조 [jo].
Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ジョJO | 助力【じょりょくjoryoku】assistance; support 助産【じょさんjosan】midwifery 助長【じょちょうjochō】promotion; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful) |
| たすけるtasukeru | 助ける【たすけるtasukeru】to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet 小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすけるshōnomushiwokoroshitedainomushiwotasukeru】to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one |
| たすかるtasukaru | 助かる【たすかるtasukaru】to be saved; to escape harm; to be helped |
| すけるsukeru | 助ける【たすけるtasukeru】to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet 小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすけるshōnomushiwokoroshitedainomushiwotasukeru】to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one |
| すけsuke | 助っ人【すけっとsuketto】helper; supporter; second; backer |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 52a9 | – | Unicode |
| 29-85 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-5-2 | – | SKIP |
| 2g5.1 | – | TKD |
| 7412.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 3945 | – | De Roo |
| 719 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 530 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 1121 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 764 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1782 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 407 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 431 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 346 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 2313 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 376 |
| 314 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 623 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 248 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 367 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 330 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 284 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 248 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 826 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 211 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1800 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |