U+52A9 "助" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
助
U+52A9 "助" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "to help," "to assist," or "aid," and it is composed of the radical 力 (strength) combined with the phonetic component 且. It appears frequently in modern and classical Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing, forming common compounds such as 帮助 (help), 援助 (assistance), and 助手 (assistant). The character reflects a semantic connection between providing strength or support to achieve a goal, and its standardized form across East Asian scripts ensures consistency in digital text representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+52A9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 助 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 助 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8A 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x52A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000052A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u52a9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A755 |
| kCCCII | 213429 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4937 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4937 |
| kCangjie | BMKS |
| kCantonese | zo6 |
| kCihaiT | 194.303 |
| kCowles | 299 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0330.160 |
| kDefinition | help, aid, assist |
| kEACC | 213429 |
| kFanqie | 牀據 |
| kFenn | 624A |
| kFennIndex | 96.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7412.7 |
| kGB0 | 5490 |
| kGB1 | 5490 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0046z |
| kHangul | 조:0E |
| kHanYu | 10368.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhù(464) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10368.080:zhù,chú |
| kHKGlyph | 0380 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0330.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10368.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0146.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-567A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A755 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3D75 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E8F3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-703E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4937 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D3C |
| kJapanese | ジョ ショ ゾ たすける たすかる すけ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:719 |
| kJapaneseKun | TASUKERU SUKE |
| kJapaneseOn | JO SHO |
| kJis0 | 2985 |
| kKangXi | 0146.270 |
| kKorean | CO |
| kLau | 1543 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0504 |
| kMandarin | zhù |
| kMatthews | 1370 |
| kMeyerWempe | 325 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007634 MJ007634:E0101 MJ057064:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 02313 02313:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0719 |
| kPhonetic | 97 233 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2431+19.2.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 19.5 |
| kSBGY | 363.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 66.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhù粵zo6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0504 |
| kTang | jrhiù |
| kTGHZ2013 | 485.060:zhù |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | trợ |
| kXerox | 243:157 |
| kXHC1983 | 1515.040:zhù |