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助

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 454 / 2,608

Help

On’yomi
じょ
Kun’yomi
たす、すけ
Radical
力 Power (Kangxi 19)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 苦 (Suffering), less common than 血 (Blood).

A stool (stool) sits on the left and power (power) flexes on the right — someone sits on a stool and uses their power to lift you up, offering help from a position of strength.

In words

助 じょ help;rescue;assistantN1
助け たすけ assistanceN1
助ける たすける to help,to save,to rescueN3

助 is rank 454 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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