Onyomi: ジョ · Kunyomi: す.ける, すけ, たす.かる, たす.ける · Meanings: assist, help, rescue
Kanji for assist, help, rescue
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助 is made from 力, meaning “power” or “strength,” and 且, which suggests something being placed or supported. It shows strength being used to support someone. From this idea, 助 came to mean to help, assist, or give support.
You use your strength to support someone. That act of helping is 助.
Lend your power to another person. That help is 助.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 助 | じょ | help, rescue, assistant | JLPT-N1 Prefix |
| 助 | すけ | assistance, help, helper | Noun |
| 助手 | じょしゅ | assistant, helper | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 助言 | じょげん | advice, counsel, suggestion, tip, hint | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 助詞 | じょし | particle, postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 助ける | たすける | to save, to rescue, to spare | common JLPT-N3 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 助教授 | じょきょうじゅ | assistant professor, associate professor | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 助かる | たすかる | to be saved, to be rescued, to survive | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 助け | たすけ | assistance, help, aid, support, reinforcement | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 助動詞 | じょどうし | inflecting dependent word (in Japanese), bound auxiliary | JLPT-N1 Noun |