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傅

tutor

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Readings

On'yomi

  • フ

Kun'yomi

  • かしず.く
  • つく
  • もり

Nanori

  • でん

Meaning

傅 centers on a person who guides and supports another: a tutor who educates and looks after a student.

Most common words using 傅

  • 傅めのと

    instructor; tutor (to a prince)

  • 傅くかしずく

    to wait upon; to serve

  • 傅育ふいく

    bringing up; tuition

  • 太傅たいふ

    Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty)

  • 師傅しふ

    guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child

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Etymology

傅 combines 亻 (person) with 尃, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of spreading or applying, suggesting a person who imparts knowledge.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 尃, which looks like a hand holding a measuring tool over a field, like a tutor carefully guiding a student's growth.

Reading mnemonic

For フ, imagine a tutor named Fu who patiently teaches: Fu -> フ, and the person 亻 is Fu the tutor.