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to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply

🔤 Pictophonetic: 覀 (cover) provides meaning, 復 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 18 strokes Common (18%)

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⿱覀復 i

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Component Tree i

west, western, westward
💡 Ideographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東
6 strokes
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
💡 Ideographic: Older form of 复; see that character for the etymology
12 strokes

Words Using 覆 (46)

fùgài
覆盖
HSK 6
to cover
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize
chóngfù
重覆
repeat
dáfù
答覆
reply
fǎnfù
反覆
to turn sth over
quánjūnfùmò
全军覆没
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipe-out
qiánchēzhīfù,hòuchēzhījiàn
前车之覆,后车之鉴
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
pīfù
批覆
to give an official response
fānláifùqù
翻来覆去
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
fāntiānfùdì
翻天覆地
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
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