Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

副: vice-, assistant

Also: aide, duplicate, copy

JLPT N211 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

刂 carries the meaning · 畐 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

フクfuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 副詞ふくしadverb
  • 副賞ふくしょうbonus prize
  • 副作用ふくさようreaction, side effect
  • 副産物ふくさんぶつby-product, spin-off
  • 副収入ふくしゅうにゅうadditional income
  • 副社長ふくしゃちょうvice president (company)
  • 副大統領ふくだいとうりょうvice president (gov't)
  • 副次的なふくじてきなsecondary

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)畐 (sound) + 刀 knife, as 刂 (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 副 (rev. 92160387), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Slice through it! This "standing knife" radical is all about precision and force.”
More in the ⺉ knife story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
畐

Also built on 畐

副 takes the 畐 family's reading, フク (fuku).

刂

Also built on knife (刂)

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Also read フク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
副 vice- · 刂
vs富 wealth · 宀
副 has 刂 where 富 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fù

Same form: 副 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
副 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
副 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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