覆

See also: 复 and 復

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 襾 + phonetic 復

Han character

覆 (radical 146 西+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹人水 (MWHOE), four-corner 1024₇, composition ⿱覀復)

1. cover
2. tip over
3. return
4. reply

Related characters

• 履

References

• KangXi: page 1129, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34789
• Dae Jaweon: page 1598, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2808, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8986

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Cantonese

Hanzi

覆 (simplified 复, Jyutping fau6, fuk1, Yale fau6, fuk1)

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Japanese

Kanji

覆

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ふく (fuku), ふう (fū)
• Kun: おおう (oou), くつがえす (kutsugaesu), おおい (ooi)

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Korean

Hanja

覆 (bok, bu) (hangeul 복, 부, revised bok, bu, McCune-Reischauer pok, pu, Yale pok, pu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

覆 (simplified 复, Pinyin fù (fu4), Wade-Giles fu⁴)

1. cover (f.e. ground)
2. overturn
3. reply (variant of 復)

Compounds

• 覆败
• 覆被
• 覆蔽
• 覆巢无完卵
• 覆车之戒
• 覆盖
• 覆盖面
• 覆灭
• 覆没
• 覆盆之冤
• 覆水难收 (覆水難收)
• 覆亡
• 覆雨翻云
• 覆辙

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Min Nan

Hanzi

覆 (POJ phak (phak⁴), hok (hok⁴))

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Vietnamese

Han character

覆 (phúc, phú, phủ)

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