Chinese Character Wiki
复

fù

return

Pictograph of a foot entering or exiting a building, representing the meaning "to return".

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts some sort of enclosed building.

夂 iconic component

夂  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a foot.

Evolution

复 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
复 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
复 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
复 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
复 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

复 (復) 

fù

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

复 (複) 

fù

repeat, double, overlap; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

复 (覆) 

fù

cover; tip over; reply; variant of 復|复[fù]

Most common words with 复
Freq.
Word
Meaning

恢复

to reinstate

回复

to reply

复杂

complicated

重复

to repeat

报复

revenge

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

復 愎

Sound component in 7 characters (2 verified)

復 複 腹 蝮 愎 馥 鳆

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-p(r)uk

bjuwk

fù

return


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 72.9137% of movies

517th most common character in movies

426th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

復複覆

Unicode

U+590D

Shuowen

“，行故道也。从夊，畗省聲。”


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