Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

附: affixed, attach

Also: refer to, append

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻖ carries the meaning · 付 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フfu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 附属ふぞくbeing attached (to); being affiliated (to)
  • 附録ふろくappendix; supplement; annex

つけるtsukeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 先附さきづけappetizer

Also read つく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
附 affixed · ⻖
vs府 borough · 广
附 has ⻖ where 府 has 广.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fù

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

Simplified
附 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
附 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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