助

zhù
#607 most
frequent character
to help, to assist

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

助 uses 力 effort as the meaning part and 且 qiě as the sound part. It first meant to help. The sound link is not clear in modern Mandarin.

助 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Homophones

HSK 1
住zhù
to live, to dwell, to stay
HSK 3
祝zhù
invoke, pray to, wish
驻zhù
station, resident, stationed
筑zhù
to build, to construct, to ram
注zhù
to register, to annotate, note
柱zhù
pillar

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