助
助 — help, rescue, assist
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 7
- Taught in
- School year 3
- Frequency
- #397 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- じょ jo
- じょ jo
- Kun'yomi
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- たす.ける tasu.keru
- たす.かる tasu.karu
- す.ける su.keru
- すけ suke
- たす.ける tasu.keru
Words that use 助
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 助手 じょしゅ assistant JLPT N3
- 援助 えんじょ assistance JLPT N3
- 救助 きゅうじょ relief JLPT N3
- 助かる たすかる to be saved JLPT N3
- 助ける たすける to save JLPT N3
- 助詞 じょし particle JLPT N3
- 助教授 じょきょうじゅ assistant professor JLPT N2
- 助言 じょげん advice JLPT N1
- 助け たすけ assistance JLPT N1
- 助動詞 じょどうし inflecting dependent word (in Japanese) JLPT N1