附

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to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “place” + 付 sound ( fù )

Components 阝付

attach · Heisig RSH #1062

pinnacle + 付 pay

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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)

Characters sharing the sound component 付 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
付 sound part	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