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助 means 'help'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 240   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-5    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 19    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 64 words   Used in 217 words   Used in 1615 names   Component in 5 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ジョ
Kun
   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped
Additional readings
Kun    すける
Components
⿰  且 and another  力 effort  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 助 is used 15 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 助 is used 206 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ジョ : 165 words FIND ALL
え ん じ ょ 1
assistance; aid; support
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すけ : 19 words FIND ALL
す け だ ち 0
assistance (in a fight); seconds (in a fight); backing, support
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たすける : 19 words FIND ALL
た す け る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to save; to rescue
2. to help; to assist
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たすける (read as だす) : 3 words FIND ALL
お お だ す か り 3
great help
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An additional 11 less common words include 助 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 330 (originally: 314)  Joy o' Kanji : 314  Key to Kanji: 519 

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助
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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