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附

fù

attach, be near

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 付 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

付 sound component

付  Sound component

fù

  

pay

Evolution

附 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
附 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
附 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
附 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
附 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

附  

fù

adhere to, append; rely on near to; to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached

附 (坿) 

fù

variant of 附[fù]

Most common words with 附
Freq.
Word
Meaning

附近

nearby

附

to add

附属

subsidiary

附加

annex

附件

enclosure

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-p(r)oʔ-s

bjuH

fù

be attached to


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 39.5163% of movies

1071st most common character in movies

923rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+9644

Shuowen

“附，附婁，小土山也。从，付聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘附婁無松柏。’”


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