# 扶

| 扶 | U+6276, &#25206; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6276 |
| ← 扵 [U+6275] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 扷 → [U+6277] |

## Translingual
### Han character

扶 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手手人 (QQO), four-corner 5503$_0$, composition ⿰扌夫)

#### Derived characters

* 𫐧, 𥆭, 𨁜, 𨦶, 荴, 𢏪

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 趺 | *pa |
| 肤 | *pa |
| 邞 | *pa |
| 鈇 | *pa |
| 衭 | *pa |
| 玞 | *pa |
| 夫 | *pa, *ba |
| 鳺 | *pa |
| 扶 | *pa, *ba |
| 妋 | *pa, *qu |
| 麩 | *pʰa |
| 蚨 | *ba |
| 芙 | *ba |
| 颫 | *ba |
| 枎 | *ba |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pa, *ba): semantic 扌 + phonetic 夫 (OC *pa, *ba).

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fù / phù
    (Hailu, HRS): hu / pu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^2$ / pu$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hô / può / hù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hu$^2$ / pou$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hû / phô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^4$
*** Yale: fùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù / phù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$ / pu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$ / pu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/, /pʰu¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hu / pu
*** Sinological IPA: /hu⁵⁵/, /pʰu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^2$ / pu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/, /pʰu¹¹/
* Sixian:
** fù - literary;
** phù - vernacular.
* Hailu:
** fu - literary;
** pu - vernacular.
* Meixian:
** fu2 - literary;
** pu2 - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: bju
Rime :
| Character | 扶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 防無切 |
| Baxter | bju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /bio/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[p](r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ba/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 扶 | 扶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bju › | ‹ bju › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-[p](r)a/ | /*m-[p](r)a/ |
| English | crawl | assist |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 扶 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3280 |
| Phonetic component | 夫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 扶 |
| Old Chinese | /*ba/ |

#### Definitions

扶
* to hold onto something as support; to support oneself
* to help someone up; to support someone
    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.
* to help; to aid; to assist
* to try to do something despite illness
* a surname, Fu
* (Eastern Min) to pardon
    ké̤ṳk può gĭk-gáik kó̤ / [kʰøyʔ²⁴ pʰuo⁵³ kiʔ⁵⁻²¹ kaiʔ²⁴ kʰɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    let him/her pass the exam
* (Southern Min) to brownnose; to suck up; to kiss someone's ass

##### Synonyms

* (to help):
* 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
* 使勁 / 使劲 (shǐjìn)
* 加勢 / 加势 (jiāshì)
* 助 (zhù)
* 助力 (zhùlì)
* 助理 (zhùlǐ)
* 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
* 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
* 協助 / 协助 (xiézhù)
* 參佐 / 参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
* 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
* 幫 / 帮 (bāng)
* 幫助 / 帮助 (bāngzhù)
* 幫同 / 帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
* 幫寸 / 帮寸 (bāngcùn)
* 幫帶 / 帮带 (bāngdài)
* 幫忙 / 帮忙 (bāngmáng)
* 幫手 / 帮手 (bong$^1$ sau$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 幫扶 / 帮扶 (bāngfú)
* 幫襯 / 帮衬 (bāngchèn)
* 幫贈 / 帮赠 (Hokkien)
* 扶助 (fúzhù)
* 扶持 (fúchí)
* 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
* 拉巴 (dialectal)
* 挺 (tǐng)
* 援助 (yuánzhù)
* 𢯭手 (Hakka)
* 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
* 支持 (zhīchí)
* 支援 (zhīyuán)
* 救 (jiù)
* 相幫 / 相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
* 相輔 / 相辅 (Teochew)
* 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 聲援 / 声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
* 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
* 補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
* 補臺 / 补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
* 贈力 / 赠力 (Hokkien)
* 贈助 / 赠助 (Hokkien)
* 贊喙 / 赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
* 贈手 / 赠手 (Hokkien)
* 贊聲 / 赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
* 輔助 / 辅助 (fǔzhù)
* 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 鬥幫贈 / 斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
* 鬥相共 / 斗相共 (Hokkien)
* 鬥跤手 / 斗跤手 (Hokkien)
* 鬥跤搭 / 斗跤搭 (Hokkien)
* (to brownnose):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 媚, 諂 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拍馬, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好, 諂媚, 恭維, 巴結, 趨奉, 趨附, 諂諛, 阿諛, 逢迎, 抱大腿, 阿諂, 巴劫, 獻殷勤, 捧臭腳, 取悅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜, 捧臭腳, 捧參兒, 呵, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 抱大腿, 捧懶趴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 奉承, 巴結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 巴結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 拍馬屁, 溜鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 巴結, 溜鬚, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 溜腚溝兒, 溜鬚, 溜鬚拍馬, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜鬚舔腚, 溜, 舔腚, 捧臭腳, 捧勝, 巴結, 巴嘰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 溜鬚, 打溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 拍馬屁, 溜鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 奉迎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 巴結, 拍, 逢迎, 溜鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 拍, 溜乎, 溜溝子, 溜溝子舔眼子, 巴結 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 捧, 巴結 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 奉承, 舔腚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 舔腚, 溜鬚, 巴結, 巴結奉迎, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 舔腚, 舔, 溜光, 溜恭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 巴結, 打溜鬚, 舔巴腚溝子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 巴結, 奔弄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 溜溝子, 舔摸, 舔腚溜溝子, 巴結 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔麼腚, 舔麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 巴結, 貼乎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜屁股溝, 溜鬚拍馬, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 巴結, 拍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 奉承, 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 舔溝子, 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 舔屁眼兒, 溜溝子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 巴結, 拍, 溜, 奉迎, 舔腚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 拍馬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 巴結, 拍, 溜, 溜腚溝兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 巴結, 拍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子, 溜溝子, 騷輕, 腮補西 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 巴結, 溜溝子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 舔溝油, 抱大腿, 抱粗腿, 巴結, 抬舉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吸喋子, 吸, 偷吸, 舔腚眼子, 舔腚, 舔, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 奉承 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 巴結, 逢迎, 舔肥, 和, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 巴結 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 溜溝順情, 抱大腿, 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 巴結 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 溜溝子, 溜, 巴結, 奉承, 騷情 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 舔肥, 舔溝子, 舔肥溝子, 舔屁股, 𫾈肥, 𫾈, 抱大腳桿, 浮上水, 巴結, 巴, 溜溝子, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 巴結, 舔肥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 奉承, 拍馬屁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 巴結, 舔肥, 長舌頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拍, 拍馬屁, 拍麻皮, 呵熱屁, 呵卵捧㞗, 呵, 拎草鞋, 提草鞋, 巴結, 巴, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 拍馬屁, 舔肥屁股, 舔肥, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 巴結, 拍, 捧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 舔肥, 捧泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 巴結, 獻殷勤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 巴結, 捧泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 抬泡, 巴結 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 捧脬, 舔屁股, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 搊捧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 拍, 捧泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 巴結, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳, 捧卵脬, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 巴交, 拍馬屁, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 巴結, 奉承, 背合皮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 拍馬屁, 呵, 呵二屁, 抬轎子, 抱粗腿, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 呵, 呵捧, 呵大卵子, 舔屁眼, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 巴結, 拍馬, 舔油, 上油 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 拍馬屁, 拍, 托卵脬, 托馬屁, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 巴結, 呵卵脬, 拍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 拍馬屁, 呵, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 捧熱卵子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 托大腳, 托, 擦鞋, 𦧺屎窟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 托大腳, 擦鞋, 拍馬屁, 𦧺屎眼, 𦧺屎窟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 騎大腳 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 擦鞋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 托大腳, 捧臀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 捧臀, 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 托大蹄, 托大腳, 拍馬屁, 擦鞋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 拍馬屁, 拍, 捧大腿, 捧脬 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 捧, 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 托大腳, 擦鞋, 罌吉 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 托大腳, 擦鞋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 捧大腳 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 拍馬屁, 托卵袋子, 巴結 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 拍馬屁, 搊卵坨子, 巴結 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捧大腳, 托大腳, 巴結 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 背大腳 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 巴結 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 托卵坨, 巴結 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 扶核卵, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 扶核卵 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 巴結 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 拍馬屁, 捧攏, 捧, 呵卵脬, 呼卵脬, 巴結 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 巴結, 呼卵脬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 舔屁眼, 溜溝子, 溜舔, 溜溝子舔屁眼, 拍馬屁, 抱粗腿, 巴舔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 溜溝子舔屁眼 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉迎, 迎合 |
| Jin | Datong | 溜舔 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 溜達, 溜, 走上水, 溜舔, 溜溝子, 爬溝子, 溜溝涮棒, 舔屁眼, 舔屁窟, 舔㞘子, 舔涮, 涮攪, 涮棒子, 涮壜子, 涮淘, 喝泔水, 扶上水, 扶下頦, 巴結 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 舔屁眼 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 巴結 |
| Jin | Linhe | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Jining | 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 拿進, 溜舔, 舔屁股 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jin | Handan | 奉承, 巴結, 舔屁眼 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 巴結, 拍 |
| Jin | Suide | 巴結 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 捧㞠脬, 攬褲跤, 頌花鞋, 巴結 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 托𡳞脬, 捧, 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶零星, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 㾪扶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 㾪扶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 三跤馬, 三跤撐 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 扶𡳞脬, 扶尻川, 扶𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 扶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 巴結 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 扶𡳞脬, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 扛轎跤, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 扶𡳞脬, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 托跤腿, 托𡳞脬, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 扶, 扶大腿 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 抱大跤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 捧卵脬, 捧脬, 扛大腳, 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 巴結, 奉承 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拍馬屁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 巴結, 討好, 拍牢 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 拍馬屁 |
| Wu | Danyang | 拍馬屁, 巴結, 呵捧, 呵卵脬 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拍馬屁 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 拍馬屁, 塔麻油, 捧大腿, 捧腿, 巴結, 討好 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 拍馬屁, 摸螺拐, 搊卵脬 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 捧馬屁, 捧卵胞 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 捧馬屁, 搊屁股 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 巴結 |

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to help”):
* 妨礙 / 妨碍 (fáng'ài)
* 干擾 (gānrǎo)
* 搗亂 / 捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
* 阻礙 / 阻碍 (zǔ'ài)

#### Compounds

* 一木難扶 / 一木难扶
* 人扶人興 / 人扶人兴
* 兩瞽相扶 / 两瞽相扶
* 匡扶 (kuāngfú)
* 家扶中心
* 山有扶蘇 / 山有扶苏
* 弱柳扶風 / 弱柳扶风
* 患難相扶 / 患难相扶
* 手扶 (shǒufú)
* 扶上馬 / 扶上马
* 扶丞
* 扶乩 (fújī)
* 扶伏 (púfú)
* 扶住
* 扶側 / 扶侧
* 扶傾濟弱 / 扶倾济弱
* 扶助 (fúzhù)
* 扶南 (Fúnán)
* 扶危 (fúwēi)
* 扶危定亂 / 扶危定乱
* 扶危定傾 / 扶危定倾
* 扶危拯溺
* 扶危持顛 / 扶危持颠
* 扶危救困
* 扶危濟困 / 扶危济困
* 扶危翼傾 / 扶危翼倾
* 扶同
* 扶同硬證 / 扶同硬证
* 扶同詿誤 / 扶同诖误
* 扶善懲惡 / 扶善惩恶
* 扶堂屋
* 扶將 / 扶将
* 扶幼週 / 扶幼周
* 扶床
* 扶引
* 扶弱抑強 / 扶弱抑强
* 抑強扶弱 / 抑强扶弱 (yìqiángfúruò)
* 扶急持傾 / 扶急持倾
* 扶手 (fúshǒu)
* 扶手匣
* 扶扶
* 扶持 (fúchí)
* 扶掖 (fúyè)
* 扶搖 / 扶摇 (fúyáo)
* 扶搖直上 / 扶摇直上 (fúyáozhíshàng)
* 扶杖 (fúzhàng)
* 扶東倒西 / 扶东倒西
* 扶柩 (fújiù)
* 扶桑 (fúsāng)
* 扶桑花
* 扶梯 (fútī)
* 扶植 (fúzhí)
* 扶正 (fúzhèng)
* 扶正黜邪
* 扶牆摸壁 / 扶墙摸壁
* 扶疏
* 扶病 (fúbìng)
* 扶直 (fúzhí)
* 扶立 (fúlì)
* 扶竹
* 扶筇
* 扶策
* 扶箕 (fújī)
* 扶綱 / 扶纲
* 扶義 / 扶义
* 扶翼 (fúyì)
* 扶老
* 扶老攜幼 / 扶老携幼 (fúlǎoxiéyòu)
* 扶腰
* 扶輪社 / 扶轮社 (fúlúnshè)
* 扶輿 / 扶舆
* 扶靈 / 扶灵 (fúlíng)
* 扶頭 / 扶头
* 扶頭酒 / 扶头酒
* 扶顛持危 / 扶颠持危
* 扶風 / 扶风 (fúfēng)
* 扶養 / 扶养 (fúyǎng)
* 扶餘國 / 扶余国
* 扶鸞 / 扶鸾
* 拯危扶溺
* 持危扶顛 / 持危扶颠
* 拽欛扶犁
* 拯溺扶危
* 拽耙扶犁
* 搭扶
* 搊扶 / 𫼝扶
* 搭扶定
* 撐扶 / 撑扶
* 擔扶 / 担扶
* 攙扶 / 搀扶 (chānfú)
* 攙扶婆 / 搀扶婆
* 攜幼扶老 / 携幼扶老
* 攜扶 / 携扶
* 攜老扶幼 / 携老扶幼 (xiélǎofúyòu)
* 攜老扶弱 / 携老扶弱
* 救困扶危 (jiù kùn fúwēi)
* 救死扶傷 / 救死扶伤 (jiùsǐfúshāng)
* 東扶西倒 / 东扶西倒
* 枝葉扶疏 / 枝叶扶疏
* 濟困扶危 / 济困扶危
* 濟弱扶傾 / 济弱扶倾
* 濟弱扶危 / 济弱扶危
* 繼絕扶傾 / 继绝扶倾
* 花木扶疏
* 越扶越醉
* 醫務扶助 / 医务扶助
* 鋤強扶弱 / 锄强扶弱 (chúqiángfúruò)
* 除惡扶善 / 除恶扶善
* 雙扶 / 双扶
* 電扶梯 / 电扶梯 (diànfútī)
* 龍門扶風 / 龙门扶风

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fū (fu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fū
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pju
Rime :
| Character | 扶 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 甫無切 |
| Baxter | pju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /pio/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pa/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 扶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3276 |
| Phonetic component | 夫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 跗 |
| Old Chinese | /*pa/ |

#### Definitions

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

#### Compounds

* 扶寸

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pú
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^2$
*** Yale: pú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
*** Palladius: пу (pu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pou$^4$
*** Yale: pòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰou̯²¹/

#### Definitions

扶
* Alternative form of 匍 (pú) Only used in 扶服 and 扶伏.

#### Compounds

* 扶伏 (púfú)
* 扶匐 (púfú)
* 扶服 (púfú)

### References

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

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

#### Compounds

* 扶(ふ)翼(よく) (fuyoku): assistance

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 扶 (MC bju).

#### Hanja

扶 (eumhun 도울 부 (doul bu))
* hanja form of 부 (“to help”)

#### Compounds

* 부양 (扶養, buyang, “support of dependents”)
* 부여 (扶餘, Buyeo, “Buyeo”)
* 부익 (扶翼, bu'ik, “assistance”)
* 부조 (扶助, bujo, “assistance”)
* 부지 (扶持, buji, “assistance”)
* 상부상조 (相扶相助, sangbusangjo)
* 억강부약 (抑強扶弱, eokgangbuyak)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 扶 / 匍 (MC bu).

#### Hanja

扶 (eumhun 기어갈 포 (gieogal po))
* Alternative form of 匍 (“hanja form of 포 (“to crawl; to creep”)”)

#### Compounds

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

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

扶: Hán Việt readings: phù
扶: Nôm readings: phù, phò, bù, hùa, vùa
* chữ Nôm form of phò (“to assist or help”).

#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 4 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 3 Hồ (1976).