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Translingual
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Han character
复 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人日竹水 (OAHE), four-corner 80407, composition ⿱𭥍夂(GHJV) or ⿱𭥍夊(T))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 869, character 6
- Unihan data for U+590D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 愎
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*brɯɡ
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| 鍑
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*puɡs, *puɡ
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| 覆
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*pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ
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| 復
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*buɡs, *buɡ
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| 椱
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*buɡs, *buɡ
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| 複
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*buɡs, *puɡ
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| 馥
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*brɯɡ, *buɡ
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| 腹
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*puɡ
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| 輹
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*puɡ, *buɡ
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| 蝮
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*pʰuɡ
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| 蕧
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*pʰuɡ, *buɡ
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| 复
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*buɡ
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| 鰒
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*buɡ
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| 澓
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*buɡ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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复
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bjuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-p(r)uk/
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| English
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return
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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复
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3554
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Phonetic
component
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复
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Rime
group
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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伏
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Old
Chinese
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/*buɡ/
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Definitions
复
- to go back
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 复 – see 復 (“to return; to recover; to resume; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 復). |
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Etymology 3
Etymology 4
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 复 – see 覆 (“to cover; to tip over; to overturn; to flip over; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1964–1986) first-round simplified form of 覆). |
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Usage notes
覆 was officially simplified to 复 in 1964–1986, but now it only simplifies to 复 in the meaning of "to return; to reply", e.g. 答覆／答复 (dáfù), 反覆／反复 (fǎnfù), and 回覆／回复 (huífù). In other meanings, 覆 no longer simplifies to 复, e.g. 翻覆 (fānfù), 覆蓋／覆盖 (fùgài), 顛覆／颠覆 (diānfù), 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù), and 覆轍／覆辙 (fùzhé).
Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
复 (eumhun 회복할 복 (hoebokhal bok))
Etymology 2
Hanja
复 (eumhun 다시 부 (dasi bu))
same as 復
- return
- repeat
- repeatedly
Vietnamese
Han character
复: Hán Nôm readings: phúc
, 复: Hán Nôm readings: phục
, 复: Hán Nôm readings: phức
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