附
to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,085 U+9644
How 附 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 付 (phonetic, fù)
How to remember it
attach · Heisig RSH #1062
pinnacle + 付 pay
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 付
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 付 (fù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 付 sound component | fù | give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust |
| 府 | fǔ | prefect; prefecture, government |
| 符 | fú | amulet, charm; mark, tag; to correspond to |
| 腐 | fǔ | to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten |
| 咐 | fù | to instruct; to order |
| 拊 | fǔ | to pat, to slap, to tap; the handle of a vessel |
| 鲋 | fù | carp; Carassicus auratus |
| 苻 | fú | a kind of herb; Angelica anomala |
| 跗 | fū | arch, instep |
| 驸 | fù | extra horse; imperial son-in-law |
Words containing 附
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 附加物 | fù jiā wù | complement |
| 外加附件 | wài jiā fù jiàn | add-on (software); plug-in (software) |
| 全资附属公司 | quán zī fù shǔ gōng sī | wholly owned subsidiary |
| 白附片 | bái fù piàn | sliced white aconite (used in TCM) |
| 附着物 | fù zhuó wù | fixture (law); attachment |
| 附面层 | fù miàn céng | boundary layer |
| 附加元件 | fù jiā yuán jiàn | additional element; (computing) add-on; plug-in |
| 附加费 | fù jiā fèi | surcharge |
| 随信附上 | suí xìn fù shàng | enclosed with (this) letter |
| 附子 | fù zǐ | monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii) |
| 附中 | fù zhōng | attached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school; abbr. for 附屬中學|附属中学[fu4 shu3 zhong1… |
| 附加赛 | fù jiā sài | additional competition; play-off; decider |
| 附小 | fù xiǎo | affiliated elementary school (abbr. for 附屬小學|附属小学[fu4 shu3 xiao3 xue2]) |
| 白附 | bái fù | white aconite |
| 附上 | fù shàng | attached; included herewith |
| 附会 | fù huì | to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc); to develop and embellish; to interp… |
| 附体 | fù tǐ | (of a spirit or deity) to possess sb |
| 随声附和 | suí shēng fù hè | to parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others |
| 附点 | fù diǎn | dot (music notation) |
| 阿附 | ē fù | to fawn (as flatterer) |