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輔

輔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うわあご、ほおぼね。
  2. たすける、おぎなう、補助する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「車」+音符「甫」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

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English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホ
  • フ
Kun (native)
  • たす(ける)
Nanori (used in names)
  • すけ
  • たすく
  • ゆう
Other languages
  • 拼音fu3
  • 한글bo
  • Hán-ViệtPhụ

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
車(くるま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8F14

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰車甫

Words using this kanji

  • 輔弼ほひつ天子が行う政治を助けること。また、その役や人。 天子が行う政治を助ける。giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state, assistance, counsel
  • 輔翼ほよくaid, assistance
  • 輔星ほせいAlcor, the Little Horseman star
  • 輔車唇歯ほしゃしんしmutual dependence
  • 輔車相依るほしゃあいよるto be mutually dependent

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-7
Four Corner
5302.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7c7.1
Heisig
2761
Nelson
4626