助

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 且 + semantic 力 – 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, composition ⿰且力)

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 (Jyutping zo6, Yale jo6)

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Japanese

Kanji

助

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: じょ (jo)
• Kan’on: そ (so) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru), すけ (suke)

Noun

助 (hiragana すけ, romaji suke)

1. assistance

Prefix

助 (hiragana じょ, romaji jo-)

1. help
2. assistant

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Min Nan

Hanzi

助 (POJ chō͘ (cho͘⁷), TLPA tsōo (tsoo⁷))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

助 (trợ, rợ, chợ, chữa, đợ, liên)

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