輔

See also: 辅

輔 U+8F14, 輔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F14 ← 輓 [U+8F13] CJK Unified Ideographs 輕 → [U+8F15]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

trad.		輔
simp.		辅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
豧	*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛	*baːɡs, *baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	*paː, *baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	*paː, *pʰaː
鵏	*paː, *baːs
峬	*paː
誧	*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿	*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	*paːʔ, *paːs
鋪	*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	*pʰaː, *pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	*baː, *paʔ
脯	*baː, *paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	*baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙	*paʔ, *pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	*paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂	*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baʔ): semantic 車 + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔ (fu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phú
• Min Nan (POJ): hú / hù
• Wu (Wiktionary): vu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
    • IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶
    • Yale: fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phú
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu³
    • IPA: /pʰu³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
    • Tâi-lô: hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù
    • Tâi-lô: hù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hux
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: vu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /v̻v̩ʷ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨo^X/▼

Rime
Character	輔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	扶雨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/bioX/
Shao Rongfen	/bioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆X/
Li Rong	/bioX/
Wang Li	/bĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[b](r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)aʔ/
English	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	輔
Reading #	1/1
No.	3470
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	父
Old Chinese	/*baʔ/

Definitions

輔

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

Compounds

• 三輔／三辅 (sānfǔ)
• 個別輔導／个别辅导
• 內輔／内辅
• 公輔／公辅
• 右輔／右辅
• 團體輔導／团体辅导
• 基輔／基辅 (Jīfǔ)
• 基輔公國／基辅公国
• 天輔／天辅
• 太輔／太辅
• 夾輔／夹辅
• 宰輔／宰辅
• 就業輔導／就业辅导
• 左輔右弼／左辅右弼
• 教育輔導／教育辅导
• 生活輔導／生活辅导
• 畿輔／畿辅
• 相輔相成／相辅相成
• 相輔而成／相辅而成

• 相輔而行／相辅而行
• 職業輔導／职业辅导
• 臺輔／台辅
• 藩輔／藩辅
• 複輔音／复辅音 (fùfǔyīn)
• 課外輔導／课外辅导
• 課後輔導／课后辅导
• 課業輔導／课业辅导
• 車輔／车辅
• 輔仁大學／辅仁大学
• 輔佐／辅佐 (fǔzuǒ)
• 輔佐人／辅佐人
• 輔光／辅光
• 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
• 輔助車道／辅助车道
• 輔國／辅国
• 輔導／辅导 (fǔdǎo)
• 輔導員／辅导员
• 輔導級／辅导级

• 輔幣／辅币 (fǔbì)
• 輔弼／辅弼 (fǔbì)
• 輔弼之勛／辅弼之勋
• 輔政／辅政 (fǔzhèng)
• 輔時／辅时
• 輔相／辅相
• 輔翼／辅翼
• 輔行／辅行
• 輔贊／辅赞
• 輔車相依／辅车相依
• 輔車脣齒／辅车唇齿
• 輔選／辅选
• 輔音／辅音 (fǔyīn)
• 關輔／关辅
• 靨輔／靥辅
• 頰輔／颊辅
• 魏良輔／魏良辅
• 鼎輔／鼎辅

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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, 輔ける)
• Nanori: すけ (suke); たすく (tasuku); ゆう (yū)

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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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