付
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,069 U+4ED8
How 付 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To hand 寸 something over to someone 亻
How to remember it
pay · Heisig RSH #825
人 person + glue
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 付 as their sound component
These characters all use 付 (fù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 付 sound component | fù | give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust |
| 府 | fǔ | prefect; prefecture, government |
| 附 | fù | nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on |
| 符 | fú | amulet, charm; mark, tag; to correspond to |
| 腐 | fǔ | to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten |
| 咐 | fù | to instruct; to order |
| 拊 | fǔ | to pat, to slap, to tap; the handle of a vessel |
| 鲋 | fù | carp; Carassicus auratus |
| 苻 | fú | a kind of herb; Angelica anomala |
| 跗 | fū | arch, instep |
| 驸 | fù | extra horse; imperial son-in-law |
Words containing 付
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 付之行动 | fù zhī xíng dòng | to put into action; to transform into acts |
| 付之东流 | fù zhī dōng liú | to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably |
| 对方付费电话 | duì fāng fù fèi diàn huà | collect call |
| 付之度外 | fù zhī dù wài | to think nothing of doing sth (idiom); to do sth without considering the risks; to leave o… |
| 自动付款机 | zì dòng fù kuǎn jī | cash dispenser; auto-teller; ATM |
| 应付自如 | yìng fu zì rú | to handle matters with ease (idiom); to hold one's own |
| 对方付款电话 | duì fāng fù kuǎn diàn huà | collect call |
| 付之一笑 | fù zhī yī xiào | (idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh; to laugh it off |
| 难以应付 | nán yǐ yìng fù | hard to deal with; hard to handle |
| 可支付性 | kě zhī fù xìng | affordability |
| 支付不起 | zhī fù bù qǐ | to be unable to pay; unaffordable |
| 应付过去 | yìng fu guò qu | to muddle through |
| 一次总付 | yī cì zǒng fù | lump-sum (finance) |
| 分期付款 | fēn qī fù kuǎn | to pay in installments; payment in installments |
| 付款方式 | fù kuǎn fāng shì | terms of payment; payment method |
| 点击付费广告 | diǎn jī fù fèi guǎng gào | pay-per-click advertising |
| 分付 | Fēn fù | WeChat's "buy now, pay later" service |
| 分付 | fēn fu | variant of 吩咐[fen1 fu5] |
| 付出 | fù chū | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) |
| 付方 | fù fāng | credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方[shou1 fang1] |