Chinese Character Wiki
復

fù

return

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 复 represents the sound.

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

复 sound,meaning component

复  Sound Meaning component

fù

  

return

Evolution

復 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
復 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
復 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
復 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

Most common words with 復
Freq.
Word
Meaning

恢复

to reinstate

回复

to reply

复杂

complicated

重复

to repeat

报复

revenge

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

覆

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[N]-pruk-s

bjuwH

fù

again

*m-p(r)uk

bjuwk

fù

return


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 72.9137% of movies

517th most common character in movies

426th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

复

Unicode

U+5FA9

Shuowen

“復，往來也。从彳，复聲。”


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