<entry id="2283239" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2011250</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>助く</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>輔く</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>扶く</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>たすく</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v2k-s;</pos>
<pos>&vt;</pos>
<misc>&arch;</misc>
<gloss>to help</gloss>
<gloss>to save</gloss>
<gloss>to rescue</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-11-04 16:25:54" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1344410"&gt;助ける・1&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-11-12 17:19:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>not in sankoku.

just grabbed all the kanji forms from 助ける.  Listed them in identical order, they are all similar-ish in the ngrams anyway, might as well be consistent.

Seems like "the kind of arch Japanese people might be familiar with from books".  Since it's not in sankoku, [arch] seems preferable to [form] to me. Not likely to cause much harm.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>助ける	1432784

助く	38752	97.6%  (2.6% of 助ける + 助く)
輔く	150	0.4%
扶く	171	0.4%
援く	108	0.3%
救く	123	0.3%
佐く	204	0.5%
佑く	213	0.5%

日本語 に関する質問
助ける と 助く はどう違いますか？説明が難しい場合は、例文を教えて下さい。
https://ja.hinative.com/questions/13708877
助ける」は、現代の言葉です。
「助く」は文語、あるいは古語です。</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8 +8,6 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;輔く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;援く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;救く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -11,0 +17,13 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;佐く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;佑く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;輔く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -19,0 +38,2 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1344410"&gt;助ける・2&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;arch;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-11-13 00:35:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think the approach is over the top. Cutting it back to the kokugo forms.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Koj, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,5 +8 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;援く&lt;/keb&gt;
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
-&lt;/k_ele&gt;
-&lt;k_ele&gt;
-&lt;keb&gt;救く&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;輔く&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -17,12 +12,0 @@
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
-&lt;/k_ele&gt;
-&lt;k_ele&gt;
-&lt;keb&gt;佐く&lt;/keb&gt;
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
-&lt;/k_ele&gt;
-&lt;k_ele&gt;
-&lt;keb&gt;佑く&lt;/keb&gt;
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
-&lt;/k_ele&gt;
-&lt;k_ele&gt;
-&lt;keb&gt;輔く&lt;/keb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-11-13 00:43:44" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daijr/s, koj</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -19 +19 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5k;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v2k-s;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-11-13 02:10:56" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-11-13 22:39:39" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>rK tags aren't needed on arch entries.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -9 +8,0 @@
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -13 +11,0 @@
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -21,2 +18,0 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1344410"&gt;助ける・1&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1344410"&gt;助ける・2&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>