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助

help
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingジョ
Kun readingたす.ける、たす.かる、す.ける、すけ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. helpRtK
    彼女は声をおののかせて「助けて！」と叫んだ。In a quivering voice she cried "Help!"tatoeba
    私たちは声を振り絞って助けを求めた。We shouted for help at the tops of our voices.tatoeba
  2. assist
  3. rescue
  1. to be saved
  2. to be rescued
  3. to survive
  4. to escape harm
  5. to be spared damage

Popular Usage

援助救助助手助教授

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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shelf · my bookshelves · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1921

Compound words

援助えんじょ
assistance; aid; support
救助きゅうじょ
relief; aid; rescue
助手じょしゅ
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
助教授じょきょうじゅ
assistant professor; associate professor
助かるたすかる
to be saved; to be rescued; to survive; to escape harm; to be spared damage
助けるたすける
to save; to rescue; to spare; to help; to assist
一助いちじょ
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
互助ごじょ
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
賛助さんじょ
support; patronage
助けたすけ
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
助演じょえん
supporting performance; playing a supporting role
助詞じょし
particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
助成じょせい
assisting; assistance; fostering; aiding
助役じょやく
assistant official
助力じょりょく
assistance; support
扶助ふじょ
aid; help; assistance; support
補助ほじょ
assistance; support; help; aid; subsidy
助言じょげん
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
介助かいじょ
help; assistance; aid
自助じじょ
self-help; self-reliance
福助ふくすけ
large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
手助けてだすけ
a help; assistance
助っ人すけっと
helper; supporter; second; backer; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
助産婦じょさんぷ
midwife

On Reading Examples

彼は助手を非常に信頼している。じょしゅ
He trusts his assistant quite a lot.tatoeba
彼は私を助手にしました。じょしゅ
He made me his assistant.tatoeba
彼は考古学者の助手である。じょしゅ
He is an archeologist's assistant.tatoeba
彼は権限を腕利きの助手に委任した。じょしゅ
He delegated his authority to his competent assistant.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は母の助言を馬鹿にした。
He flouted his mother's advice.tatoeba
彼は貧乏であるが、気位が高くて援助を求めない。
He is poor but is too proud to ask for help.tatoeba
彼は貧しい人に援助の手を差し伸べた。
He held out a helping hand to the poor.tatoeba
彼は病院を建て、アフリカの人民がその生活を改善するのに助力した。
He built hospitals and helped the people of Africa improve their lives.tatoeba
その後、助教授となる。
Then she became an assistant professor.wiki
助教授から准教授へ名称変更。
Assistant professor renamed associate professor.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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