| 248 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 330 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 314 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 407 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 346 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 367 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 431 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 623 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 633 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 826 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 211 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 764 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1037 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1800 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2313 | Morohashi |
| 1121 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 530 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1782 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1921 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 248 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 284 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 助 【ジョ】 help, rescue, assistant
- 助演 【ジョエン】 supporting performance, playing a supporting role
- 互助 【ゴジョ】 mutual aid, cooperation, benefit
- 介助 【カイジョ】 help, assistance, aid
Kun reading compounds
- 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to
- 助かる 【たすかる】 to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to escape harm, to be spared damage, to be helped, to be saved trouble
- 助 【すけ】 assistance, help, helper, babe, chick, broad
- 助っ人 【すけっと】 helper, supporter, second, backer, foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
- 福助 【ふくすけ】 large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
- デコ助 【デコすけ】 big forehead, fivehead, asshole
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- ayudar
- rescatar
- salvar
- ser salvado
- ser ayudado
Portuguese
- ajuda
- resgate
- auxiliar
French
- aider
- secourir
- assister
| 3945 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2g5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 7412.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 52a9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
93 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 六 【ロク】 six, 6
- ６月 【ロクガツ】 June, sixth month of the lunar calendar
- 十六 【ジュウロク】 sixteen, 16
- 才六 【サイロク】 kid, brat, person from Kansai
- 六官 【リクカン】 six ministries (of Zhou dynasty China)
- 六気 【ロッキ】 yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire, six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)
Kun reading compounds
- 六 【ろく】 six, 6
- 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
- 六つ 【むっつ】 six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)
- 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
- 六つ 【むっつ】 six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)
- ６日 【むいか】 6th day of the month, six days
- 六日間戦争 【むいかかんせんそう】 Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967), Third Arab-Israeli War
Readings
- Japanese names:
- く、 むつ、 ろっ、 ろつ
- Korean:
- ryug
Spanish
- seis
- 6
Portuguese
- seis
French
- six
| 6 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 6 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 76 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 20 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 283 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 8 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 19 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 61 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 8 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 8 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 6 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 153 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2461 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1244 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1710 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 6 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1453 | Morohashi |
| 1965 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 6 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 6 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 124 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 24 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 0080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 516d | Unicode hex code |