扶

provide for; aid; help; assist

7 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1879.

Readings

• フ (on reading): 扶桑 (ふそう) divine tree or island east of China; 扶持 (ふち) salary (paid in rice to a samurai)
• たすける (kun reading)

Components

• 扌
• 夫
• 二 radical two
• 人 radical person
• 大 radical big
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手

Words using 扶

• 扶桑 (ふそう) divine tree or island east of China
• 扶持 (ふち) salary (paid in rice to a samurai)
• 扶養家族 (ふようかぞく) one's dependents
• 扶養 (ふよう) support (e.g. of one's dependents)
• 扶助 (ふじょ) aid
• 捨扶持 (すてぶち) small stipend paid to dependants of a bereaved family (Edo period)

34 words in all.

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