輔

Translingual

Han character

輔 (radical 159 車+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十戈十月 (JJIJB), four-corner 5302₇)

References

• KangXi: page 1244, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38342
• Dae Jaweon: page 1720, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3533, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8F14

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Chinese

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trad.		輔
simp.		辅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔ (fu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
    • IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶
    • Yale: fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (輔, reconstructed)
Character (輔), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 扶雨切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bɨoX/	/bʱi̯uX/	/bioX/	/bioX/	/buə̆X/	/bĭuX/	/bioX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (輔, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
輔								fǔ								‹ bjuX ›								/*[b](r)aʔ/								help
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
輔					3470					甫					魚					0					父					/*baʔ/

Definitions

輔

1. ^† protective wooden bars that helped prevent a carriage from overturning
2. ^† cheekbone
3. ^† to assist

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Japanese

Kanji

輔

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. cheek, cheekbone
2. assist

Readings

• Goon: ぶ (bu)
• Kan’on: ふ (fu)
• Kan’yōon: ほ (ho)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru), たすけ (tasuke), すけ (suke)

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Korean

Hanja

輔 (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po, Yale po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輔 (phụ)

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