pay

Depicts a hand () giving payment to a person ().

Components
亻 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

寸 iconic component

  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

付 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
付 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
付 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
付 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust; to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things

 

surname Fu

Most common words with 付
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to pay

付出

to pay

支付

to pay (money)

对付

to handle

应付

to cope

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (3 verified)