cheek bone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
車 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

甫 sound component

  Sound component

  

begin

Evolution

輔 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
輔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
輔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
輔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

cheek bone; protective; assist; to assist; to complement; auxiliary

Most common words with 輔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

辅助

to assist

辅导

to mentor

to assist

辅导员

coach (teacher or trainer)

基辅

Kiev, capital of Ukraine