辅

輔
fǔ
component #11,934

Meanings

  1. 1 to assist
  2. 2 to complement
  3. 3 auxiliary

Examples

HSK 5
Zhège ruǎnjiàn zhǐshì yígè fǔzhù gōngjù.
This software is just an auxiliary tool.
HSK 6
Lǎoshī fàngxué hòu fǔdǎo xuésheng.
The teacher tutors students after school.

Tips

memory
车 vehicle + 甫 - a support wheel that assists the main vehicle.

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; vehicle
Cart radical on the left - the indexing radical, the simplified silhouette of a wheeled cart. Originally 辅 named the wooden side-rails clamped to a wagon's wheels to keep heavy loads from splitting the spokes - a literal supporting role that became the modern abstract 'assist, complement, auxiliary.' Same family: 轮 (wheel), 转 (turn), 载 (carry).
phonetic
甫 fǔ
begin; courteous title
Right side 甫 supplies the sound fǔ directly. It originally meant a young man's coming-of-age courtesy name; today it carries no semantic weight in 辅, only the clean phonetic match. Same phonetic seeds 捕 (catch), 浦 (riverside), 哺 (feed), 铺 (spread out / shop).

Stroke Order

辅 fǔ