附件
fù jiàn · HSK 5
enclosure
📎 附 = attach + 件 = item; an attached item like an email attachment
附 (fù) means to attach or append; 件 (jiàn) is a measure word and noun for items or documents. Together: an attached document — the standard term for email attachments and appendices.
附 — 阝(mound) + 付 (fù, give/attach)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the 阝 'mound/hill' radical hints at meaning while 付 'fù' supplies the sound. Originally referred to a small mound or hill附属 to a larger one, which extended to the modern senses 'attach, append, be near'.
件 — person radical 亻 + ox 牛
件 combines the person radical 亻 with 牛 (ox). Originally it referred to dividing or counting items, with oxen being valuable units of property to count. It came to mean a measurable item or matter, and today serves as a measure word for things, documents, and affairs.