Character
| HSK | 3 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 426th character |
| RADICAL | ⼢ (35.6) |
| STROKES | 9 |
| INDEX # | 1553 |
| TRADITIONAL | 覆 , 複 , 復 |
return; repeat; repeatedly
HSK 3
#426
DEFINITIONS
- return
- repeat
- repeatedly
- 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
- to double
- to overlap
- complex (not simple)
- compound
- composite
- double
- diplo-
- duplicate
- overlapping
- to duplicate
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to cover
- to overflow
- to overturn
- to capsize
STROKES
WORDS
| 终而复始 zhōng ér fù shǐ | lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle |
| 羽状复叶 yǔ zhuàng fù yè | bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy) |
| 自动恢复 zì dòng huī fù | spontaneous recovery |
| 旧态复萌 jiù tài fù méng | see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2] |
| 旧病复发 jiù bìng fù fā | old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse; fig. to repeat an old error; the same old problem |
| 血亲复仇 xuè qīn fù chóu | blood or family feud (idiom) |
| 衍声复词 yǎn shēng fù cí | compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly |
| 复共轭 fù gòng è | complex conjugate (math.); complex conjugation |
| 复句 fù jù | compound phrase |
| 复合元音 fù hé yuán yīn | diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc) |
| 复合弓 fù hé gōng | composite bow (archery) |
| 复合母音 fù hé mǔ yīn | diphthong; compound vowel |
| 复合词 fù hé cí | compound word |
| 复合词素词 fù hé cí sù cí | polymorphemic |
| 复平面 fù píng miàn | complex plane |
| 复数域 fù shù yù | field of complex numbers (math.), usually denoted by C |
| 复数平面 fù shù píng miàn | complex plane (math.); Argand plane |
| 复数形式 fù shù xíng shì | plural form (of a countable noun) |
| 复殖吸虫 fù zhí xī chóng | digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目) |
| 复殖目 fù zhí mù | Order Digenea (including trematode worms that parasite humans) |
| 复比 fù bǐ | compound ratio (i.e. the product of two or more ratios) |
| 复叠 fù dié | reduplication of words or syllables (as a stylistic device in Chinese) |
| 复眼 fù yǎn | compound eye |
| 复社 fù shè | late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] and others |
| 复线 fù xiàn | multiple track (e.g. rail); multi-lane (e.g. highway); the complex line (math.) |