Chinese Character Wiki
副

fù

assist

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.

Components
畐 sound component

畐  Sound component

fú

  

to fill

刂 meaning component

刂  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

副 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
副 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
副 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

副  

fù

assist; supplement; assistant; secondary; auxiliary; deputy; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions

Most common words with 副
Freq.
Word
Meaning

副

secondary

副主任

deputy director

副作用

side effect

副主席

vice-chairperson

副书记

deputy secretary

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰrək

phik

fù

split, cut open, cleave

*pʰək-s

phjuwH

fù

secondary


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 30.8666% of movies

1133rd most common character in movies

764th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+526F

Shuowen

“副，判也。从刀，畐聲。《周禮》曰：‘副辜祭。’疈，籀文副。”


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