Word Meaning 天は自ら助くる者を助く

てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく ten ha mizukaratasukurumono o tasuku

天は自ら助くる者を助く is read as てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく (ten ha mizukaratasukurumono o tasuku) and means heaven helps those who help themselves.

Meaning

English

  1. heaven helps those who help themselves

Reading

Kana

てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく

Romaji

ten ha mizukaratasukurumono o tasuku

Writing Variants

  • 天は自ら助くるものを助く てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく ten ha mizukaratasukurumonootasuku

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Proverb Rank 97127 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天助

てんじょ

divine aid

天の助け

てんのたすけ

godsend

天佑神助

てんゆうしんじょ

divine grace

自助

じじょ

self-help

自由労働者

じゆうろうどうしゃ

casual laborer (labourer)

大自在天

だいじざいてん

Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)

自助論

じじょろん

Self-Help (1859 book by Samuel Smiles)

自助努力

じじょどりょく

self-help efforts

助言者

じょげんしゃ

adviser

助演者

じょえんしゃ

supporting actor

歩行者天国

ほこうしゃてんごく

pedestrian mall

Example Sentences

1

My father always said that heaven helps those who help themselves.