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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: help, rescue, assist

Kunyomi: たす.ける, たす.かる, す.ける, すけ

Onyomi: ジョ

Composition: 且 力

助

Radical

Radical: 力

Reading: ちから

Meaning: power, force

Strokes: 2

⼒

Examples

Examples with audio

助詞(じょし)   (grammar) particle

助手(じょしゅ)   assistant

助教授(じょきょうじゅ)   assistant professor

助監督(じょかんとく)   assistant director

助言する(じょげんする)   advise

援助する(えんじょする)   aid, support

救助する(きゅうじょする)   rescue [v.t.]

助ける(たすける)   help, save [v.t.]

手助け(てだすけ)   help [n.]

助かる(たすかる)   be saved, survive [v.i.], helpful [adj.]

助っ人(すけっと)   helper

Onyomi Examples

助 (ジョ) help, rescue, assistant

助演 (ジョエン) supporting performance, playing a supporting role

互助 (ゴジョ) mutual aid, cooperation, benefit

介助 (カイジョ) help, assistance, aid

Kunyomi Examples

助ける (たすける) to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to

助かる (たすかる) to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to escape harm, to be spared damage, to be helped, to be saved trouble

助 (すけ) assistance, help, helper, babe, chick, broad

助っ人 (すけっと) helper, supporter, second, backer, foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)

福助 (ふくすけ) large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck

デコ助 (デコすけ) big forehead, fivehead, asshole

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