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Kanji Detail for 附 - "attach, accompany"

附

  • Meaning

    附 means "attach, accompany." Also associated with entrust.

    1. Attach - To fasten; to connect.

    2. Accompany - To go along with; to be associated.

    3. Entrust - To give responsibility to someone.

    4. Follow - To go after; to adhere to.

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    • Verified meaning: attach, accompany
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: entrust

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    affixed; attach; refer to; append

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    adhere to, append; rely on near to

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 附[fu4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To depend on. The smaller relying on the larger to survive. As in 依附 (depend on), 親附 (attach to). A small country submitting to a large country is also called 歸附 (submit to). | To increase. The Analects says: "The Ji family was richer than the Duke of Zhou, yet Qiu collected taxes for them to further increase their wealth." | To send along. Sending a letter is also called 附書.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsu.keru(つ-ける) つ-ける

    tsu.ku(つ-く) つ-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    attach accompany entrust adhere depend follow append add affix annex associate bind connect fasten join link supplement tag tie unite

Sentences including 附

  • When she saw Ozawa's face, she became red up to the base of her ears.

  • Let me donate what little money I have with me.

  • By gift of the late Mr Smith the hospital received 3,000 dollars.

  • Your gift will go far towards helping to build the children's hospital.

  • What in the world do the Japanese know about living? From the moment they enter elementary school, they try their hardest to power through the days. They think life begins after that. Once they're out of school and get a job, they work to get it done. They think life begins after that. But life doesn't begin after that.

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