The kanji 助: meaning, readings and stroke order

助

Meaning: help
On reading: ジョ jo
Kun reading: たす（ける） tasukeru、たす（かる） tasukaru、すけ suke
Strokes: 7
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giúp đỡ (trợ)
Japanese: たすける。
Korean: 돕다 (조)
Chinese: 帮助

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョ jo · on reading

助じょ手しゅ
helper, assistant
先生の 助じょ手しゅをします。
I am the teacher's helper.

たす（ける） tasukeru · kun reading

助たすける
to help, to save
こまっている人を 助たすけます。
I help people who are in trouble.

たす（かる） tasukaru · kun reading

助たすかる
to be a big help
手つだってもらって 助たすかりました。
Thanks for your help. It made things much easier.

すけ suke · kun reading · less common

助すけ太だ刀ち
coming to help (in a fight)
友の 助すけ太だ刀ちに来ました。
I came to help my friend.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.