Kanji N3

付: adhere, attach, refer to

付 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning adhere, attach, refer to, written with 5 strokes. It is read フ (on) and つける, つけ, つく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 寄付 (きふ, contribution) and 付き合い (つきあい, association).

付

Meanings

  • adhere
  • attach
  • refer to
  • append
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#322 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • フ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つける
  • -つける
  • -づける
  • つけ
  • つけ-
  • -つけ
  • -づけ
  • -づけ
  • つく
  • -づく
  • つき
  • -つき
  • -つき
  • -づき
  • -づき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 付

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 寄付きふ

    contribution; donation

    JLPT N3
  • 付き合いつきあい

    association; socializing; socialising

    JLPT N3
  • 日付ひづけ

    date; dating

    JLPT N3
  • 付くつく

    to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere

    JLPT N4
  • 受付うけつけ

    reception (desk); information desk; receptionist

    JLPT N4
  • 付けるつける

    to attach; to join; to connect; to add

    JLPT N5
  • 追い付くおいつく

    to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even

    JLPT N3
  • 気付くきづく

    to notice; to realize; to realise

    JLPT N3

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.