ジョウ, ショウ, すく.う, たす.ける, すけ

help

JLPT1 G13 S0 F5000

A simplification of a seal inscription character composed of # pair of hands + an element combining mountain and a squatting figure → *help* raise a person (compare and ) out of danger etc. → *assist*; *adjutant*.

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