Kanji
N1 7 strokes Grade 8 freq #1879

aid, help, assist

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
aid; help
divine tree or island east of China; Fusang
dependent; person receiving support
livelihood assistance
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
housing assistance
Fuso-kyo (sect of Shinto)
support for medical treatment for those on low income; Medicaid

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

discretionary allowance
food expenses; cost of one's board

Example sentences

He has to support his mother and his sister.

He provides for his family.

Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.

He has a large family to support.