复
to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #318 U+590D
How 复 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 亻 who goes somewhere 夂 every day 日
How to remember it
duplicate · Heisig RSH #472
reclining + 日 day + walking legs — as a component also called: double back
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 复 as their sound component
These characters all use 复 (fù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复 sound component | fù | again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return |
| 腹 | fù | stomach, belly, abdomen; inside |
| 馥 | fù | scent, fragrance, aroma |
| 蝮 | fù | viper, venomous snake |
| 鳆 | fù | abalone |
Words containing 复
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高尔基复合体 | Gāo ěr jī fù hé tǐ | Golgi complex (in cell biology) |
| 日复一日 | rì fù yī rì | day after day |
| 复数平面 | fù shù píng miàn | (math.) complex plane; Argand plane |
| 复平面 | fù píng miàn | complex plane |
| 军工复合体 | jūn gōng fù hé tǐ | military-industrial complex |
| 重复性 | chóng fù xìng | repetitive |
| 年复一年 | nián fù yī nián | (idiom) over the years; year after year |
| 光复会 | Guāng fù huì | anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培[Cai4 Yuan2 pei2]; aka 復… |
| 重复法 | chóng fù fǎ | repetition; duplication; reduplication; anadiplosis |
| 不复 | bù fù | no longer; not again |
| 复理石 | fù lǐ shí | flysch (loanword) |
| 复市 | fù shì | (of a shop, market) to resume trading |
| 报复心 | bào fù xīn | vindictiveness |
| 复学 | fù xué | to return to school (after an interruption); to resume one's studies |
| 复生 | fù shēng | to be reborn; to recover; to come back to life; to regenerate |
| 报复性 | bào fù xìng | retaliatory |
| 无以复加 | wú yǐ fù jiā | in the extreme (idiom); incapable of further increase |
| 复会 | fù huì | to resume a meeting |
| 合义复词 | hé yì fù cí | compound word such as 教室[jiao4 shi4] or 國家|国家[guo2 jia1], whose meaning is related to the … |
| 同义反复 | tóng yì fǎn fù | tautology |