attach
N3- Onyomi
- フ
- Kunyomi
- つ(く)・つ(ける)
- Stroke count
- 5
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 付 down and you get 亻 (person) — a person standing at the left of the scene, and beside it 寸 (measure / inch) — a hand measuring a short distance. Picture a hand pressing a tag onto a parcel, its fingers spaced like a measuring span, put 付 inside it, and let that scene stand for "attach" — attach. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 5
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は5画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 5 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
受付
uketsuke
reception
還付
kanpu
refund (tax)
寄付
kifu
donation
片付ける
katazukeru
to tidy up
寄付した
kifushita
plain past: did donation
寄付する
kifusuru
to do donation
Example sentences (5)
使った後は、机を片付けてください。
つかった あと は、つくえ を かたづけて ください。
tsukatta ato wa, tsukue o katazukete kudasai.
Please tidy up the desk after you use it.
帰る前に、会議室を片付けておきます。
かえる まえ に、かいぎしつ を かたづけて おきます。
kaeru mae ni, kaigishitsu o katazukete okimasu.
I will tidy up the meeting room before going home.
受付で名前を書いてください。
うけつけ で なまえ を かいて ください。
uketsuke de namae o kaite kudasai.
Please write your name at the reception desk.
受付で聞けば、場所を教えてもらえますよ。
うけつけ で きけば、ばしょ を おしえて もらえます よ。
uketsuke de kikeba, basho o oshiete moraemasu yo.
If you ask at the reception desk, they will tell you where it is.
到着したら、受付で名前を言ってください。
とうちゃく したら、うけつけ で なまえ を いって ください。
touchaku shitara, uketsuke de namae o itte kudasai.
When you arrive, please give your name at the reception.