輔
fǔ

cheek bone

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuX[b](r)aʔhelp
Zhengzhangbaʔ
Unicodebhiǒ

說文解字

人頰車也。从車甫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

辅 fǔ cheek bone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輔.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode