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Chinese symbol for “assistance”

帮助
bāng zhù
Traditional: 幫助
assistance; aid; to help; to assist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for assistance is 帮助 (bāng zhù), defined as: assistance; aid; to help; to assist.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

帮 bāng
to help, to assist; to support, to defend; party; gang
radical 50 ⼱ · 10 strokes
助 zhù
to help, to aid, to assist
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “assistance”

WordPinyinMeaning
援手yuán shǒuassistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand
援助yuán zhùto help; to support
救助jiù zhùto help sb in trouble; aid
助力zhù lìto help; to aid; assistance

Related words

Other words that share a character with 帮助.

WordPinyinMeaning
帮忙 (幫忙)bāng mángto help; to lend a hand
黑帮 (黑幫)hēi bāngbunch of gangsters; criminal gang
帮派 (幫派)bāng pàigang; faction
帮手 (幫手)bāng shouhelper; assistant
帮会 (幫會)bāng huìsecret society; underworld gang
协助 (協助)xié zhùto provide assistance; to aid
援助yuán zhùto help; to support
资助 (資助)zī zhùto subsidize; to provide financial aid

See also: Japanese symbol for “assistance”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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