復

音読おんよみ: フク

訓読くんよみ: かえ-る

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: 彳(ぎょうにんべん)

Meaning

Return / Restore / Recover / Repeat

  • 回復かいふく — recovery
  • 復習ふくしゅう — review; revision
  • 復活ふっかつ — resurrection; revival
  • 復旧ふっきゅう — restoration
  • 復元ふくげん — reproduction; restoration
  • 復帰ふっき — return; reinstatement
  • 報復ほうふく — retaliation
  • 反復はんぷく — repetition

The radical 彳 indicates action or steps, and the phonetic 复 contributes the sound. Together, 復 conveys “to return” or “to do again,” used for repetition, recovery, and restoration.

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