輔

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See also: 辅
輔 U+8F14, 輔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F14
← 輓
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 輕 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

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／形声, OC *baʔ) : semantic 車 + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Meixian:
    • pu3 - vernacular;
    • fu3 - literary.
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
Baxter bjuX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fu6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 輔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjuX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(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. * 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. (obsolete) protective wooden bars that helped prevent a carriage from overturning
  2. (literary) cheek
  3. to assist
  4. (historical) area near the capital

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

輔

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. cheek, cheekbone
  2. assist
    Synonyms: 扶, 補, 傅

Readings

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 輔 is mostly replaced by 補, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 輔 replaced by daiyōji 補
補佐
補助
補導

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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輔 (eum 보 (bo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

輔: Hán Nôm readings: phụ

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