noun

  1. maid, helper.

noun, takes する, transitive verb

Polite language, honorific or respectful language.
  1. help, assistance.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
お手伝い おてつだい
 
御手伝い おてつだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)
transmit, go along, walk along
つた.わる デン つだ.う (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)