Chinese Character 復 Meanings and components.

Form

復

Meaning

復 meaning[3] in English

To Go And Return.

To Return.

To Resume.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 復 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and to go and … (复)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOOAE

How to write 復

To write復fu4to go … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 复fu4to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 复 = 復

復 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 復 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 復, looks as follow:

復
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
复
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 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
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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