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助: help

help; rescue
7 strokesElementary · Grade 3 (8級)in 41 words here

Readings

On
ジョ
Kun
たすける・たすかる・すける・すけ

助ける(たすける) "help", 助かる(たすかる) "be saved". じょ in 助手(じょしゅ), 救助(きゅうじょ).

Stroke order · 7 strokes

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Key words

助けるたすけるto help; to save
助かるたすかるto be saved; to be helped
助手じょしゅassistant
救助きゅうじょrescue
援助えんじょaid; support

Example sentences

I helped an old woman who had fallen down in the street.

Thanks for lending a hand, you really saved me.

The child who fell into the river was rescued safely.

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