助

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 且 + semantic 力 (“strong arm”) – to help with one’s strength.

Han character

助 (radical 19 力+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月一大尸 (BMKS), four-corner 7412₇)

1. help, aid, assist

References

• KangXi: page 146, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2313
• Dae Jaweon: page 330, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 368, character 8
• Unihan data for U+52A9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

助 (Yale jo6)

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Japanese

See also 助-

Kanji

助 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょ (jo), しょ (sho)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru), すけ (suke)

Noun

助 (hiragana すけ, romaji suke)

1. assistance

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Korean

Hanja

助 (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

助 (pinyin zhù (zhu4), Wade-Giles chu⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

助 (trợ, rợ, chợ, chữa, đợ)