扶

扶 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手手人 (QQO), four-corner 5503₀, composition ⿰扌夫)

• 𫐧, 𥆭, 𨁜, 𨦶, 荴, 𢏪

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 419, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11840
• Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1833, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6276

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pa, *ba): semantic 扌 + phonetic 夫 (OC *pa, *ba).

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(l)a-n ~ *p(w)a-n (“palm, sole”), whence also 蹯 (OC *ban, “paw”), Burmese ဝါး (wa:, “handsbreath; palm of hand”) (STEDT).

扶

1. to hold onto something as support; to support oneself
2. to help someone up; to support someone

   • 我摔倒之後，媽跑過來扶我，爸卻揮手要她走開。 [MSC, trad.]
     我摔倒之后，妈跑过来扶我，爸却挥手要她走开。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Erma Bombeck, in translation as 《父亲的爱》

     Wǒ shuāidǎo zhīhòu, mā pǎo guòlái fú wǒ, bà què huīshǒu yào tā zǒukāi. [Pinyin]

     After I fell down, Mom ran over and helped me up, but Dad waved her away.

3. to help; to aid; to assist
4. to try to do something despite illness
5. a surname, Fu
6. (Eastern Min) to pardon

   • 乞扶及格去 [Eastern Min, trad. and simp.]

     ké̤ṳk può gĭk-gáik kó̤ / [kʰøyʔ²⁴ pʰuo⁵³ kiʔ⁵⁻²¹ kaiʔ²⁴ kʰɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

     let him/her pass the exam

7. (Southern Min) to brownnose; to suck up; to kiss someone's ass

• (to help):

• (to brownnose):

• (antonym(s) of “to help”):

扶

1. (alt. form 膚／肤) an ancient unit of length equal to the width of four fingers

扶

1. alternative form of 匍 (pú) only used in 扶服 and 扶伏

• “扶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. aid, help, assist

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 扶ける)

• 扶(ふ)翼(よく) (fuyoku): assistance

From Middle Chinese 扶 (MC bju).

扶 (eumhun 도울 부 (doul bu))

1. hanja form^? of 부 (“to help”)

From Middle Chinese 扶 / 匍 (MC bu).

扶 (eumhun 기어갈 포 (gieogal po))

1. alternative form of 匍 (“hanja form^? of 포 (“to crawl; to creep”)”)

• 포복/부복 (匍匐/扶服/扶伏/扶匐, pobok/bubok, “to crawl; to creep”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

扶: Hán Việt readings: phù^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
扶: Nôm readings: phù^[1][2][3], phò^[1][2][3][7], bù^[1], hùa^[7], vùa^[3][7]

1. chữ Nôm form of phò (“to assist or help”)