副

音読おんよみ: フク

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: りっとう(刂)

Meaning

Vice / Assistant / Duplicate / Secondary

  • 副社長ふくしゃちょう — vice president (company)
  • 副大統領ふくだいとうりょう — vice president (state)
  • 副作用ふくさよう — side effect
  • 副業ふくぎょう — side job
  • 副題ふくだい — subtitle
  • 副産物ふくさんぶつ — by-product

副 combines components like and 刂. It often signals something “added on” or “auxiliary,” which explains usage in words for secondary roles (副社長) and additional effects (副作用).

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