Chinese Character Wiki
助

zhù

help

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components
且 sound component

且  Sound component

qiě

  

moreover

力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

Evolution

助 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
助 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
助 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

助  

zhù

help, aid, assist; to help; to assist

Most common words with 助
Freq.
Word
Meaning

帮助

aid

助理

assistant

援助

to help

协助

to aid

助手

assistant

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

鋤 锄

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

鋤 锄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ra-s

dzrjoH

zhù

help (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 78.1675% of movies

422nd most common character in movies

607th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+52A9

Shuowen

“助，左也。从力，且聲。”


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