幇

See also: 帮, and 幫

幇 U+5E47, 幇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E47 ← 幆 [U+5E46] CJK Unified Ideographs 幈 → [U+5E48]

Translingual

Traditional	幫
Shinjitai	幇
Simplified	帮

Han character

幇 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土戈中月 (GILB) or 難土戈中月 (XGILB), composition ⿱封巾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 334, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8999
• Dae Jaweon: page 641, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 746, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5E47

Usage notes

Historical variant of 幫 that is the preferred form used in Japan.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 幇 – see 幫 (“the sides of an object; to help; to assist; to aid; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 幫).

Japanese

Kanji

幇

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 幫)

1. to assist, support

Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 幇ける)

Compounds

• 幇間(たいこもち) (taikomochi), 幇間(ほうかん) (hōkan)
• 幇助(ほうじょ) (hōjo)
• 自殺幇助(じさつほうじょ) (jisatsuhōjo)

Korean

Hanja

幇 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang)

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