副
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secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 刀 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 副
- Common rank
- #1,143
- Unicode
- U+526F
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Formation & memory
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How 副 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刂 meaning “knife” + 畐 sound
Components 畐 刂
How to remember it
vice- · Heisig RSH #89
saber + wealth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 副
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名不副实 | the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact; Reality does not… | |
| 副地级市 | sub-prefecture-level city (county level division, administered by province, not under a pr… | |
| 副市长 | deputy mayor | |
| 全副精力 | to concentrate entirely on sth; fully engaged; with full force | |
| 副州长 | deputy governor (of a province or colony); lieutenant governor of US state | |
| 副经理 | deputy director; assistant manager | |
| 副学士 | associate's degree | |
| 副作用 | side effect | |
| 副法向量 | binormal vector (to a space curve) | |
| 副省级城市 | subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province) | |
| 副产物 | by-product (lit. and fig.) | |
| 全副武装 | fully armed; armed to the teeth; fig. fully equipped | |
| 名副其实 | not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name | |
| 副部长 | assistant (government) minister | |
| 副院长 | deputy chair of board; vice-president (of a university etc) | |
| 副热带 | subtropical (zone or climate) | |
| 副书记 | deputy secretary | |
| 副总理 | vice-premier; vice prime minister; deputy prime minister | |
| 副产品 | by-product | |
| 副食品 | non-staple foods; (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 畐 — compare how they read.