副
secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,143 U+526F
How 副 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 畐 (phonetic)
components: 畐 刂
How to remember it
vice- · Heisig RSH #89
saber + wealth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 畐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 畐 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 畐 sound component | — | to fill; a roll of cloth |
| 福 | fú | happiness, good fortune, blessings |
| 富 | fù | abundant, ample; rich, wealthy |
| 逼 | bī | to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force |
| 辐 | fú | ray, spoke |
| 蝠 | fú | bat |
| 匐 | fú | to crawl; to lie prostrate |
Words containing 副
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名不副实 | míng bù fù shí | the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact; Reality does not… |
| 副地级市 | fù dì jí shì | sub-prefecture-level city (county level division, administered by province, not under a pr… |
| 副市长 | fù shì zhǎng | deputy mayor |
| 全副精力 | quán fù jīng lì | to concentrate entirely on sth; fully engaged; with full force |
| 副州长 | fù zhōu zhǎng | deputy governor (of a province or colony); lieutenant governor of US state |
| 副经理 | fù jīng lǐ | deputy director; assistant manager |
| 副学士 | fù xué shì | associate's degree |
| 副作用 | fù zuò yòng | side effect |
| 副法向量 | fù fǎ xiàng liàng | binormal vector (to a space curve) |
| 副省级城市 | fù shěng jí chéng shì | subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province) |
| 副产物 | fù chǎn wù | by-product (lit. and fig.) |
| 全副武装 | quán fù wǔ zhuāng | fully armed; armed to the teeth; fig. fully equipped |
| 名副其实 | míng fù qí shí | not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name |
| 副部长 | fù bù zhǎng | assistant (government) minister |
| 副院长 | fù yuàn zhǎng | deputy chair of board; vice-president (of a university etc) |
| 副热带 | fù rè dài | subtropical (zone or climate) |
| 副书记 | fù shū ji | deputy secretary |
| 副总理 | fù zǒng lǐ | vice-premier; vice prime minister; deputy prime minister |
| 副产品 | fù chǎn pǐn | by-product |
| 副食品 | fù shí pǐn | non-staple foods; (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) |