Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

覆: capsize, cover

Also: shade, mantle, be ruined

JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

覀 carries the meaning · 復 gives the sound

18 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

フクfuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 転覆てんぷくoverturning; capsizing
  • 覆面ふくめんmask; veil; disguise
  • 被覆ひふくcoating; covering

おおうoou · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 覆うおおうto cover; to hide; to conceal
  • 覆いおおいcover; mantle; shroud

くつがえすkutsugaesu · kun'yomi

  • 覆すくつがえすto overturn; to capsize; to upset

Also read くつがえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)襾 (meaning) + 復 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 覆 (rev. 93429760), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Cover (襾) + return/repeat (復 variant). The act of throwing a "cover" over something to hide it, or the sudden "tipping over" (capsizing) of a vessel.”
From the 襾 cover story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
覀

Also built on cover (覀)

All 6
復

Also built on restore (復)

覆 takes the 復 family's reading, フク (fuku).

Also read フク

9 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 复 · traditional, as in Japanese · fù

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

Simplified
复 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
覆 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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