Kanji
N3 7 strokes Grade 3 freq #397

help, rescue, assist

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

power chikara

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

assistance; aid
assistance; support
assistant professor; associate professor
assisting; assistance
assistant; helper
relief; aid
assistant official
advice; counsel
self-help; self-reliance
aid; help

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

assistance; help
a help; assistance
large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
to save; to rescue
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
helper; supporter

Example sentences

He drew on others for help.

He appealed to us for help.

The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.

The best efforts of the human race, in addition, were necessary to assist the gods in their cosmic task.