附
affixed, attach, refer to, append
Readings
On'yomi
- フ
Kun'yomi
- つ.ける
- つ.く
Nanori
- ずき
- づけ
Meaning
附 centers on adding something to an existing base: attaching, affixing, or appending. The sense of referring to something extends this idea of connecting one thing to another.
Most common words using 附
- 交附こうふ
delivery; grant; handing (a ticket) to (a person)
- 京都大学附属図書館きょうとだいがくふぞくとしょかん
Kyoto University Library
- 京都府立医科大学附属病院きょうとふりついかだいがくふぞくびょういん
University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- 島根大学附属図書館しまねだいがくふぞくとしょかん
Shimane University Library
- 筑波大学附属図書館つくばだいがくふぞくとしょかん
University of Tsukuba Library
- 筑附つくふ
Junior and Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba (abbr)
- 附属学校ふぞくがっこう
affiliated school; school attached to a university
- 附属池田小事件ふぞくいけだしょうじけん
Ikeda school massacre (June 8, 2001)
- 附着力ふちゃくりょく
adhesion
- 附置ふち
(organizational) attachment; establishment
Study
Etymology
附 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 付, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of attaching. The mound radical may suggest something added to a hill or base.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ looks like a hill, and the right side 付 suggests attaching. Picture a small hill attached to a larger mountain, like an appendix added to a document.
Reading mnemonic
For フ, imagine attaching a food label to a package: food -> フ, and the label is affixed securely.