The 付 family
付 · fù · ㄈㄨˋ — to pay
Know 付 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 府、附、符、咐. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 府fǔ · ㄈㄨˇ部首 广 · "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etcseat of government; government repository (archive)83%
- 附fù · ㄈㄨˋ部首 阝 耳朵旁 · moundto add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached93%
- 符fú · ㄈㄨˊ部首 竹 · bamboomark; sign83%
- 咐fù · ㄈㄨˋ部首 口 · mouthinstruct, order93%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 付 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 付 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 88%.
Words this family builds
- 政府
- 附近
- 對付
- 付出
- 應付
- 符合
- 支付
- 吩咐
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