复(fù)

HSK 29 strokesTrad. 復

to go and return

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Character information

Pinyin
fù
Meaning
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
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
復

Origin & structure

Where 复 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱亻⿱日夂

A person 亻 who goes  somewhere 夂 every day 日

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亻rén日rì夂zhǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 復: Older form of 复; see that character for the etymology

How to write 复 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 复

Common words using 复 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fǎn反fù复
HSK 3

variant of 反复

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huí回fù复
HSK 4

to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)

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xiū修fù复
HSK 5

to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)

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kāng康fù复
HSK 6

to recuperate

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bào报fù复
HSK 7-9

to make reprisals; to retaliate

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fù复yuán原
HSK 7-9

to restore (sth) to (its) former condition

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bù不fù复

no longer; not again

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guāng光fù复

Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花莲县, ea…

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