漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
扶: aid, help
Also: assist
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 夫 gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
フfu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 扶養ふようsupport (e.g. of one's dependents)
- 扶助ふじょaid; help; assistance
- 扶桑ふそうdivine tree or island east of China; Fusang
Also read たすける, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
夫
Also built on husband (夫)
扶 takes the 夫 family's reading, フ (fu).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side扶 aid · 扌
vs芙 lotus · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fú
Same form: 扶 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 扶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 扶 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fú most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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