扶 – aid, help, assist

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The kanji 扶 means aid, help, assist. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たす.ける (tasukeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	たす.ける	tasukeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 人・二・扎・大.

Words using 扶

扶養ふようsupport (e.g. of one's dependents)

Example sentences

あなたには扶養しなければならない大きな家族がある。だが危険をおかしてまで大きな利益を得ようとするな。

You have a large family to support; don't play for high stakes.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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