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复
復
fù
1. to go and return
2. to return
3. to resume
4. to return to a normal or original state
5. to repeat
6. again
7. to recover
8. to restore
9. to turn over
10. to reply
11. to answer
12. to reply to a letter
13. to retaliate
14. to carry out
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

复
fù
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

复读
fùdú
to return to the same school and repeat a book from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
批复
pīfù
to reply officially to a subordinate
复萌
fùméng
to germinate again
复议
fùyì
to reconsider
复转
fùzhuǎn
to demobilize
恢复
huīfù
to reinstate
HSK 5
复旧
fùjiù
to restore old way
复现
fùxiàn
to reappear
复苏
fùsū
variant of [[復甦|复苏<fùsū>]]
复课
fùkè
to resume classes
复兴
fùxīng
to revive
HSK 6
复兴
Fùxīng
Fuxing district of Handan city [[邯鄲市|邯郸市<Hándānshì>]], Hebei
HSK 6
复返
fùfǎn
to come back
复述
fùshù
to repeat (one's own words or sb else's)
复生
fùshēng
to be reborn
复发
fùfā
to recur (of a disease)
反复
fǎnfù
repeatedly
HSK 5
不复
bùfù
no longer
严复
YánFù
Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
复苏
fùsū
to recover (health, economic)

Alternate Entries

复
fù
to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate
复
fù
variant of [[復|复<fù>]] / to reply to a letter

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
425
Word Frequency Rank
443 of 84,292