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輔 means 'help'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1764   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 13 words   Used in 999 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   たすける to help
Name
   すけ
On    ホ   フ
Name    たすく   ゆう
⿰   car   first time; the first time  
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輔 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 輔 is used 12 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ホ : 7 words FIND ALL
noun
Alcor; the Little Horseman star  (obscure term)
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フ : 2 words FIND ALL
1
noun
vice-minister (ritsuryo system); deputy minister  (archaic)
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たすける : 2 words FIND ALL
3
Most common form: 助ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to save; to rescue
2. to help; to assist
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ゆう: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary  (see also: 大輔, 次官)
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An additional たす.ける less common words include 輔 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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たすける to help   
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
シャ   くるま car   
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