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复 (Kangxi radical 35,夊+6, 9 strokes,cangjie input人日竹水 (OAHE),four-corner80407,composition⿱𭥍夂(GHJV) or⿱𭥍夊(T))
| Historical forms of the character复 | ||||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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At the top of the character, there is a representation of a room at the centre of a corridor (see also良); at the bottom, there is a footprint pointing down夊. The original meaning is "going back", with a reference to meet people perhaps in a guest room. Original version of復. Unrelated to夏.
The top component of the character is unrelated to每,伤,旅,乞 as well as人.
| trad. | 复 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 复 | |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 复 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房六切 |
| Baxter | bjuwk |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fuk6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 复 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-p(r)uk/ |
| English | return |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 复 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3554 |
| Phonetic component | 复 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 伏 |
| Old Chinese | /*buɡ/ |
复
| For pronunciation and definitions of复 – see復 (“toreturn; torecover; toresume; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of復). |
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| For pronunciation and definitions of复 – see複 (“linedgarment; torepeat; todouble; tooverlap; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of複). |
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| For pronunciation and definitions of复 – see覆 (“tocover; totip over; tooverturn; toflip over; etc.”). (This character is the former (1964–1986) first-round simplified form of覆). |
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覆 was officially simplified to复 in 1964–1986, but now it only simplifies to复 in the meaning of "to return; to reply", e.g.答覆／答复 (dáfù),反覆／反复 (fǎnfù), and回覆／回复 (huífù). In other meanings,覆 no longer simplifies to复, e.g.翻覆 (fānfù),覆蓋／覆盖 (fùgài),顛覆／颠覆 (diānfù),傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù), and覆轍／覆辙 (fùzhé).
same as復
复:Hán Nôm readings:phúc
,复:Hán Nôm readings:phục
,复:Hán Nôm readings:phức
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