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Kanji Detail for 扶 - "support, help"

扶

  • Meaning

    扶 means "support, help." Also associated with nurture.

    1. Support - To hold up; to sustain.

    2. Help - To assist; to aid.

    3. Nurture - To care for; to support growth.

  • Words using 扶

    • 扶養 ふよう Listen support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
    • 扶助 ふじょ Listen aid; help; assistance

  • Four-character idioms with 扶

    • 相互扶助 そうごふじょ Listen mutual aid

  • Tattoo check: 扶

    • Verified meaning: support, help
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たすく, たもつ, まもる)
    • Also carries these associations: nurture

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 扶

    Given names 扶(たすく)Listen 扶(まもる)Listen

    Surnames 扶(たもつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    aid; help; assist

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    support, help; protect; hold on

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to support, to protect, to help

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To assist. Such as 扶助. | To support. All helping something rise is 扶. Such as 東扶西倒. | All paired things are 扶. Such as 扶桑, 扶竹. See (Danqian Zonglu).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tasu.keru(たす-ける) たす-ける

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    support help nurture care for comfort embrace assist aid back boost encourage foster guide hold maintain prop reinforce strengthen sustain

Sentences including 扶

  • He has a large family to support.

  • He provides for his family.

  • He had a large family to support.

  • He has a large family to provide for.

  • I don't have any family to support.

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