Memory phrase for the character: 副


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Meaning

deputy, vice-, secondary, sub-, duplicate

Pronunciation

FUKU

Explanation

Left: barrel of sake 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering at the temple, therefore also wealth and luck 福), right: knife 刂 (Here刂 as a variant of two 二)

Mnemonic


 
This sake barrel is the second, as duplicate, as a 'deputy'.

Radicals

barrel of sakeDeveloped from the image of a sake barrel, which is a typical temple offering at New Year.
cutVariation of sword 刀
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 Vocabulary

ふく  assistant, associate, vice-, sub-, deputy
副詞 ふくし  adverb
副産物 ふくさんぶつ  by-product​, spin-off, outgrowth
副作用 ふくさよう  side effect, adverse reaction​

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