cover, turn over

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
襾 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

cover

復 sound component

  Sound component

  

return

Evolution

覆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
覆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
覆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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cover; tip over; return; reply; variant of |[fù]; to reply to a letter

 

to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize

Most common words with 覆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

覆盖

to cover

to cover

颠覆

to capsize

重蹈覆辙

to repeat a disastrous policy

天翻地覆

everything turned on its head