附录 (fù lù) — appendix (to a book or document)

Definition

noun

appendix (to a book or document)

Measure word · 个

附录。
Zhè běn shū de fù lù tí gōng le xiáng xì de shù jù.
The appendix of this book provides detailed data.
附录。
Qǐng chá kàn hé tong hòu miàn de fù lù.
Please check the appendix at the end of the contract.
附录。
Lùn wén de fù lù bāo hán le suǒ yǒu diào chá wèn juàn.
The appendix of the thesis contains all the survey questionnaires.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

附fùattached

附录 is an attached record: 附 (attached) and 录 (record) combine to mean a supplement.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

阝付附

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

付

Same sound today

附 pairs 阝, written in full as 阜, with 付 as the sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

金彔錄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

金金jīnmetal

Sound part声符shēngfú

彔

彔lù錄lù

Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.