Memory phrase for the character: 付

付

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Meaning

attach, fix, adhere, apply

Pronunciation

FU
tsuku

Explanation

 Left: person 亻/人, right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
A person with a skillful hand attaches sth.

Radicals

付 attach
亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

添付う てんぷ  attachment (at an email)
付ける つける  to attach, to join, to add, to wear, to put on
付く つく  to adjoin, to be attached, connected
付近 ふきん  neighbourhood, vicinity, environs
受付 うけつけ  reception (desk), information desk, acceptance
体付き からだつき  body build, figure
名付ける なづける  to name (someone)
片付く かたづく  to put in order, to dispose of, to solve
片付け かたづけ  tidying up, finishing

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