覆

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

• 𢺁, 𭳱, 𧕡, 𧠅, 𧄏, 𥷱, 𡳷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1129, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34789
• Dae Jaweon: page 1598, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2808, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8986

• Unihan data for U+FAB7

Historical forms of the character 覆
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ) : semantic 襾 + phonetic 復 (OC *buɡs, *buɡ).

覆

1. to cover

   • 夫天無不覆，地無不載。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫天无不覆，地无不载。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Fú tiān wú bù fù, dì wú bù zǎi.

     There is nothing which Heaven does not cover, and nothing which Earth does not sustain.

2. to tip over; to overturn; to flip over

   鼎覆過來。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   鼎覆过来。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Tiáⁿ phak kè-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The wok flipped over.

   • 君者，舟也。庶人者，水也。水則載舟，水則覆舟。故君人者，欲安，則莫若平政愛民矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君者，舟也。庶人者，水也。水则载舟，水则覆舟。故君人者，欲安，则莫若平政爱民矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Jūn zhě, zhōu yě. Shùrén zhě, shuǐ yě. Shuǐ zé zǎi zhōu, shuǐ zé fù zhōu. Gù jūn rén zhě, yù ān, zé mò ruò píngzhèng àimín yǐ.

     The ruler is the boat; the common people are the water. The water carries the boat; the water overturns the boat. Thus, should the ruler wish for stability, there is nothing better than to govern with equity and to care for the people.

   • 車既覆而馬顛兮，蹇獨懷此異路。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     车既覆而马颠兮，蹇独怀此异路。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Chē jì fù ér mǎ diān xī, jiǎn dú huái cǐ yì lù.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (obsolete) to pour out
4. to return (simplifies to 复)
5. to reply (simplifies to 复)

   你覆咗佢封email未？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ fuk¹ zo² keoi⁵ fung¹ ji¹ meu¹ mei⁶?

   Have you replied to his email yet?

6. to destroy; to overturn; to perish

   覆滅／覆灭  ―  fùmiè  ―  to perish

   • 子曰：「惡紫之奪朱也，惡鄭聲之亂雅樂也，惡利口之覆邦家者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「恶紫之夺朱也，恶郑声之乱雅乐也，恶利口之覆邦家者。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐyuē: “Wù zǐ zhī duó zhū yě, wù Zhèng shēng zhī luàn yǎyuè yě, wù lìkǒu zhī fù bāngjiā zhě.”

     The Master said, "I hate the manner in which purple takes away the luster of vermilion. I hate the way in which the songs of Zheng confound the music of the Ya. I hate those who with their sharp mouths overthrow kingdoms and families."

7. again

   alt. forms: 複／复 (fù)

8. (Hokkien) to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's body on a surface
9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to press close to; to nestle up against

覆 was always simplified to 复 in 1964-1986, but now it still simplifies to 复 only in the meaning of "to return/reply". So words like 答覆, 反覆 and 回覆 still simplify to 答复, 反复 and 回复 in Simplified Chinese respectively. But in other meanings, 覆 no longer simplifies to 复, e.g. 翻覆, 覆蓋, 顛覆, 傾覆, 覆轍.

• (to lie on one's stomach): 趴 (pā)
• (to press close to):

• “覆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	覆
Kyūjitai [1]	覆󠄁 覆+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	覆󠄄 覆+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined

From Middle Chinese 覆 (MC phjuwk); compare Mandarin 覆 (fù):

• Go-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 覆 (MC phjuwH); compare Mandarin 覆 (fù):

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 覆 (MC bjuwH); compare Mandarin 覆 (fù):

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: おおう (ōu, 覆う, Jōyō)^{←おほふ (ofofu, 覆ふ, historical)}、くつがえる (kutsugaeru, 覆る, Jōyō)^{←くつがへる (kutugaferu, 覆る, historical)}、くつがえす (kutsugaesu, 覆す, Jōyō)^{←くつがへす (kutugafesu, 覆す, historical)}、おおい (ōi, 覆い)^{←おほひ (ofofi, 覆ひ, historical)}、かえす (kaesu, 覆す)^{←かへす (kafesu, 覆す, historical)}、かえる (kaeru, 覆る)^{←かへる (kaferu, 覆る, historical)}

覆 (eumhun 다시 복 (dasi bok))

1. hanja form^? of 복 (“again”)

覆 (eumhun 덮을 부 (deopeul bu))

1. hanja form^? of 부 (“cover”)
2. hanja form^? of 부 (“tip over”)
3. hanja form^? of 부 (“return”)
4. hanja form^? of 부 (“reply”)

覆: Hán Nôm readings: phú, phủ, phúc

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