EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    supporting performance; playing a supporting role

    彼女はアカデミー賞の最優秀助演女優にノミネートされた。
    She won an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

help, rescue, assist

Kun
たす.けるたす.かるす.けるすけ
On
ジョ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
397 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
2g5.1The Kanji Dictionary
7412.7Four corner code
3945deroo
52a9Unicode hex code
1-29-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
719Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
530New Nelson (John Haig)
1121New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
764Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1037Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1782Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1921Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
407A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
431Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
346Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2313Morohashi
314A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
623Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
633Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
248sakade
367Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
330henshall3
284Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
248crowley
826Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
211Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1800Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu4Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

performance, act, play, render, stage

On
エン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
267 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3a11.13The Kanji Dictionary
3318.6Four corner code
361deroo
6f14Unicode hex code
1-17-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2685Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3310New Nelson (John Haig)
697New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
491Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
630Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2007Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2163Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
222A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2079Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
806Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18130Morohashi
621A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
344Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553sakade
708Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
650henshall3
785Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
413crowley
616Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1239Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2026Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan3Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level