輔

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simplified	辅
traditional	輔

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.3 Proper noun 5.4 Verb 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

1. cheek bone
2. protective
3. assist

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

輔 (fu6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

輔

[edit] Readings

• On: ふ (fu), ぶ (bu), ほ (ho)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru), たすけ (tasuke), すけ (suke)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Etymology

• Original meaning: protective wooden bars that helped prevent a carriage from overturning

[edit] Noun

輔 (traditional, Pinyin fǔ, simplified 辅)

1. (archaic) protective wooden bars that helped prevent a carriage from overturning
2. (archaic) cheek bone

[edit] Proper noun

輔 (traditional, Pinyin fǔ, simplified 辅)

1. (archaic) a Chinese surname

[edit] Verb

輔 (traditional, Pinyin fǔ, simplified 辅)

1. (literary) to assist

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

輔 (*bhiǒ)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

輔 (phụ)