Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 輔

Modern (Beijing) reading: fǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)aʔ

Classic Old Chinese: b(h)á

Western Han Chinese: b(h)á

Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)wá

Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wó

Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wó

Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)wó

Middle Chinese: bǘ

English meaning : to help, support; support, supporter; struts

Russian meaning[s]: 1) помогать, поддерживать; помощник, консультант; 2) скулы; 3) отводы у повозки; 4) Фу (фамилия)

Comments: Used also for a homonymous *b(h)aʔ 'upper jaw'. Modern 3d tone is irregular.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 159

Four-angle index: 3652

Karlgren code: 0102 v-x

Vietnamese reading: phụ

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