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Kanji for Help
The kanji for “help” is 助, read jo and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
助
help
To help and rescue others.
7 strokes On reading ジョ (jo) Kun reading たすける、たすかる、すける (tasukeru, tasukaru, sukeru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: help, rescue, assist
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jo, suke
In Japan it appears in about 1,014 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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