輔

simpl.		辅
trad.		輔

Translingual

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

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

輔 (fu6)

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Japanese

Kanji

輔

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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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Etymology

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

Noun

輔 (traditional, Pinyin fǔ, simplified 辅)

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

Proper noun

輔 (traditional, Pinyin fǔ, simplified 辅)

1. (archaic) a Chinese surname

Verb

輔 (traditional, Pinyin fǔ, simplified 辅)

1. (literary) to assist

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Middle Chinese

Han character

輔 (*bhiǒ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輔 (phụ)