IDENTITY
助zhùto help; to assist
HSK 3Top 400
CORE MEANING
to help; to assist
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to helpHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 力strength radical (lì)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰且力
- gives the sound zhù (historical)
- strength
USAGE
Common words
帮助bāngzhùto help
助手zhùshǒuassistant
互助hùzhùmutual aid
Graded examples
他经常帮助别人。Tā jīngcháng bāngzhù biérén.HSK3
He often helps others.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 功
LEARNING
Memory aid
Lending strength (力) to another (且) — helping.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
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