フ, つ.ける, つ.く, ずき, づけ

affixed, attach, refer to, append

JLPT1 G7 S8 F2396

As per # (set in place) + 阜 piled earth → compacted earth set firmly in place. This meaning eventually dropped, and 附 now expresses the same meanings as : *attach*; *be attached*; *apply*; *per*; *hand something to*; *entrust*; *deposit*; *set*; *bill* and *credit*. In modern Japanese usage, 附 is often replaced by .

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