About
The character "附", whose traditional form shares the same structure, is composed of the left radical 阜, which denotes a mound or elevation, and the right component 付, which primarily provides phonetic value but also carries a sense of "to give over to" or "to attach". Originally, the meaning was closely tied to its topographic element, referring to a small mound attached to a larger hill, a sense now largely obsolete. Over time, this concrete notion of physical attachment broadened into more abstract applications, shifting from a geographical feature to a general verb indicating to add to, stick to, or be near something. Consequently, its core semantic field expanded to encompass ideas of adherence, dependence, and supplementation, as seen in words meaning to append, to affiliate with, or to addendum. This semantic drift moved the character away from its initial physical specificity toward a wider range of relational and auxiliary functions in the language.
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附件已经通过邮件发送。
附近有一家很大的超市。
这份报告附带详细的数据图表。
请将你的意见附在文件的末尾。
墙上附着一些小小的灰尘颗粒。
合同的附加条件需要双方同意。
该大学有几个重要的附属研究机构。
随信附上我的个人简历，以供您参考。