ジョ, たす.ける, たす.かる, す.ける, すけ
help, rescue, assist

This kanji has 7 strokes: 2 in the "strong" radical (ちから) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (23) :


  1. じょ
    (pref) help, rescue, assistant
  2. かる
    たすかる
    to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to be helpful
  3. けて
    たすけて
    help!

  4. いちじょ
    a help

  5. すけべい
    lewdness, lewd person, lecher

  6. じょめい
    sparing a life, clemency, reconsidering a dismissal

  7. じょりょく
    assistance, support

  8. すけぜい
    reinforcements
  9. げる
    たすけあげる
    to help up, to pick up, to bring safely to land

  10. たすけまもる
    to protect, to preserve, to keep

  11. じょこう
    supporting attack

  12. じょしゅ
    helper, assistant, tutor

  13. てだすけ
    a help

  14. ふじょ
    aid, help, assistance, support

  15. えんじょ
    (vs) assistance, aid, support

  16. きゅうじょ
    (vs) relief, aid, rescue

  17. じょえん
    co-star

  18. じょさん
    midwifery

  19. たすけぶね
    timely help

  20. じょげん
    advice, suggestion

  21. じょし
    (gram) particle, postposition
  22. こす
    たすけおこす
    to help up

  23. のみすけ
    tippler, drunkard
Kanji Character : 助
Kuten Encoding : 2985
SJIS Encoding : 3d75
Unicode Encoding : 52a9
Old Nelson Index : 719
Radical Number : 19
Frequency Ranking : 364
Gakken Index : 407
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 1121
Heisig Index : 1782
Henshall Index : 314
New Nelson Index : 530
O'Neil Index : 431
Stroke Count : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2g5.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : g
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 623
SKIP Code : 1-5-2
De Roo Code : 3945
Four Corner Code : 7412.7
Korean reading : jo
Pinyin reading : zhu4
Morohashi Index String : 2313
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0376
Morohashi Index Number : 2313
Morohashi Page : 376
Morohashi Volume : 2
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3945
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