help, rescue, assist
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
ゆきさんの助けで、ルーカスは予算内に収めることができました。
Yuki-san no tasuke de, Rūkasu wa yosannai ni osameru koto ga dekimashita.
With Yuki's help, Lucas managed to keep the bill within budget.
一人きりで、どうしたらいいかわからず、助けてくれる人もいませんでした。
Hitori kiri de, doushitara ii ka wakarazu, tasukete kureru hito mo imasen deshita.
He was left alone, not knowing what to do, with no one to help him.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0