覆 — Chinese character
覆
fù
to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
- Pinyin
- fù
- Radical
- 146 ⾑ (West)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 覀 復
- Formation
- pictophonetic — cover; meaning component 覀; sound component 復
- Simplified
- 复
- Japanese
- 覆 as a kanji
Common words with 覆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 覆盖 (覆蓋) | fù gài | to cover |
| 颠覆 (顛覆) | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize |
| 回覆 | huí fù | to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer |
| 覆盖率 (覆蓋率) | fù gài lǜ | coverage (proportion covered) |
| 翻天覆地 | fān tiān fù dì | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head |
| 覆灭 (覆滅) | fù miè | destruction |
| 重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍) | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past |
| 覆辙 (覆轍) | fù zhé | the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past |
| 翻覆 | fān fù | to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down; to change completely |
| 覆盖面 (覆蓋面) | fù gài miàn | coverage |
| 天翻地覆 | tiān fān dì fù | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head |
| 倾覆 (傾覆) | qīng fù | to capsize; to collapse |
English words written with 覆
覆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 2 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 14 · Doctrine of the Mean 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 51
- Analects 9.18
- Analects 17.18
- Art of War 8.14
- Art of War 9.17
- Art of War 9.22
- Hexagram 50
- Mencius 4A.1
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