辅

simpl.		辅
trad.		輔

Translingual

Han character

辅 (radical 159 车+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大手戈十月 (KQIJB))

1. cheek bone
2. protective
3. assist

• Romanizations
  • Mandarin
    • Pinyin: fǔ (fu3)
    • Wade-Giles: fu³
    • Yale:
  • Cantonese
    • Jyutping:
    • Penkyamp:
    • Yale: fu6

• Style: Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional equivalent: 輔

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1250, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3533, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8F85

---

Mandarin

Etymology

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

Noun

辅 (simplified, Pinyin fǔ, traditional 輔)

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

Proper noun

辅 (simplified, Pinyin fǔ, traditional 輔)

1. (archaic) a Chinese surname

Verb

辅 (simplified, Pinyin fǔ, traditional 輔)

1. (literary) to assist