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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

複: duplicate, double

Also: compound, multiple

JLPT N214 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

衤 carries the meaning · 复 gives the sound

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

フクfuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 複数ふくすうplural, multiple
  • 複利ふくりcompound interest
  • 複写機ふくしゃきphotocopying machine
  • 複雑なふくざつなcomplex, complicated
  • 複製するふくせいするreproduce, duplicate, reprint
  • 複合するふくごうするcombine
  • 重複するちょうふくするbe repeated, overlap [v.i.]

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Wear your story! This radical brings the world of tailoring, fashion, and social roles to its characters.”
More in the 衤 clothes story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
衤

Also built on clothes (衤)

All 10
复

Also built on 复

複 takes the 复 family's reading, フク (fuku).

Also read フク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
複 duplicate · 衤
vs復 restore · 彳
複 has 衤 where 復 has 彳.
In ChineseSimplified 复 · traditional, as in Japanese · fù

Japan keeps the traditional form 複; mainland China simplifies it to 复.

Simplified
复 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
複 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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