Hanja Analyzer
扶

扶 — bu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
도울 부
Romanization
bu
English
support, help; protect; hold on
Mandarin
fú
Japanese on'yomi
フ, ホ, ブ
Japanese kun'yomi
たす.ける
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,879 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
手 (64, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
夫(부)
Unicode
U+6276

Parts that make up 扶

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 夫 지아비 부sound 비녀를 꽂은 사내지아비. ‘부’ 계열의 소리

How 扶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 扶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 夫.

Korean example words with 扶

  • 부액扶腋 Korean gloss: 겨드랑이를 붙잡아 걷는 것을 도움
  • 부조扶助 Korean gloss: 잔칫집이나 상가(喪家) 따위에 돈이나 물건을 보내어 도와줌. 또는 돈이나 물건
  • 부지되다扶持 Korean gloss: 상당히 어렵게 보존되거나 유지되어 나가다
  • 부조금扶助金 Korean gloss: 부조로 내는 돈
  • 부양력扶養力 Korean gloss: 부양할 수 있는 능력
  • 부양인扶養人 Korean gloss: 생활 능력이 없는 사람의 생활을 돌보는 사람
  • 부양자扶養者 Korean gloss: 생활 능력이 없는 사람의 생활을 돌보는 사람
  • 상부相扶 Korean gloss: 서로 도움.
  • 상부상조相扶相助 Korean gloss: 서로서로 도움
  • 부익扶翼 Korean gloss: 보호하고 도움.
  • 부요扶搖 Korean gloss: 힘차게 움직여 일어남.
  • 부풍扶風 Korean gloss: 몹시 세게 부는 바람.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 扶

  • 扶養ふよう support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
  • 扶助ふじょ aid; help; assistance
  • 扶桑ふそう divine tree or island east of China; Fusang; Japan
  • 家扶かふ steward
  • 扶持ふち salary (paid in rice to a samurai); stipend; making (someone) a retainer and granting a stipend
  • 扶育ふいく bringing up (children)
  • 扶植ふしょく implantation; support; establishment
  • 扶翼ふよく help; aid; support
  • 扶壁ふへき parapet; buttress
  • 窒扶斯チフス typhoid; paratyphoid; typhus
  • 扶養料ふようりょう alimony; spousal support; maintenance
  • 扶助料ふじょりょう aid or relief allowance; subsidy

Characters sharing the phonetic 夫

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “부” in Korean.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 手

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences