漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
輔: help
JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
車 carries the meaning · 甫 is drawn in
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ホho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 輔翼ほよくaid; assistance
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 大輔だゆうvice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
- 少輔しょうassistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system…
Also read フ, 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
“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
甫
Also built on for the first time (甫)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side輔 help · 車
vs補 supplement · 衤In ChineseSimplified 辅 · traditional, as in Japanese · fǔ
Japan keeps the traditional form 輔; mainland China simplifies it to 辅.
- Simplified
- 辅 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 輔 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fǔ 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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