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附

fù
verb HSK 7-9 #4,613

Meanings

  1. 1 to attach
  2. 2 to be close to
  3. 3 enclosed

Examples

我家附近有一个公园。
Wǒjiā fùjìn yǒu yígè gōngyuán.
There is a park near my home.
邮件里有一个附件。
Yóujiàn lǐ yǒu yígè fùjiàn.
There is an attachment in the email.
这是大学的附属医院。
Zhè shì dàxué de fùshǔ yīyuàn.
This is the affiliated hospital of the university.

Tips

memory
阝(hill/mound on left) + 付 (to hand over) — something handed over alongside, sticking close like a hill clings to the land.

Components

radical
阝 fù
mound; hill (left form of 阜)
Left indexing radical 阝 (left form = 阜 mound) — different from the right-side 阝 which derives from 邑 (city). The mound-radical contributes the sense of 'leaning against, attached to a slope.' Same family: 阶 (steps), 院 (courtyard), 阻 (block) — all places set against a hillside.
phonetic
付 fù
to hand over; to pay
Right component 付 (to hand over) — supplies the exact sound fù and adds a faint semantic hint of things handed over and attached together. 付 itself shows a person 亻 plus a hand 寸 passing something. The whole 附 reads as 'attached at the side, handed over.'

Stroke Order

附 fù