附

附 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人木戈 (NLODI), four-corner 7420₀, composition ⿰阝付)

• 䮛

• KangXi: page 1349, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41606
• Dae Jaweon: page 1851, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4122, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9644

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bos) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 付 (OC *pos).

附

1. to adhere; to stick
2. to rely on; to depend on
3. to add; to augment; to increase; to raise; to boost
4. to attach; to enclose
5. to come near to; to be close to

• (to attach):

• (to come near):

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. attach, enclose, append

From Middle Chinese 附 (MC bɨoH); compare Mandarin 附 (fù):

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)^{←ぶ (bu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)^{←ふ (fu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 附 (bù):

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)^{←ぶ (bu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←ほう (fou, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: つく (tsuku, 附く); つけ (tsuke, 附け); つける (tsukeru, 附ける)
• Nanori: ちか (chika); つく (tsuku); ます (masu); より (yori); よる (yoru)

附 is an alternative form of 付, which carries the meaning of enclosed/attached. Originally 附 was used for the intransitive verb つく, while 付 served for the transitive つける. Nowadays 付 is overwhelmingly used for both, with 附 having mostly fallen out of use entirely.

From Middle Chinese 附 (MC bɨoH).

附 (eumhun 붙을 부 (buteul bu))

1. Hanja form^? of 부 (“adhere to, append”).

附: Hán Nôm readings: phụ, phò

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