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助
zhù
1. to help
2. to assist
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

助
zhù
to help, to aid, to assist
HSK 2 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

互助
Hùzhù
Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture [[海東地區|海东地区<Hǎidōngdìqū>]], Qinghai
互助
hùzhù
to help each other
借助
jièzhù
to draw support from
HSK 6
助剂
zhùjì
additive
助力
zhùlì
a helping hand
助威
zhùwēi
to cheer for
助手
zhùshǒu
assistant
HSK 6
助教
zhùjiào
teaching assistant
助理
zhùlǐ
assistant
HSK 6
助产
zhùchǎn
to help a mother give birth
助益
zhùyì
benefit
助兴
zhùxìng
to add to the fun
助词
zhùcí
particle (grammatical)
助跑
zhùpǎo
to run up (pole vault, javelin, bowling etc)
助长
zhùzhǎng
to encourage
助阵
zhùzhèn
to cheer
协助
xiézhù
to provide assistance
HSK 6
壁助
bìzhù
help
多助
duōzhù
receiving much help (from outside)
寡助
guǎzhù
finding little support

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
606
Word Frequency Rank
582 of 84,292

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