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Kanji Detail for 復 - "to return, to restore"

復

  • Meaning

    復 means "to return, to restore." Also associated with to repeat.

    1. Return - To go back; to come back.

    2. Restore - To bring back; to recover.

    3. Repeat - To do again; to resume.

    4. Revenge - To retaliate; to repay.

  • Words using 復

    • 復帰 ふっき Listen return; reversion; comeback
    • 復活 ふっかつ Listen revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return
    • 復興 ふっこう Listen revival; reconstruction; restoration
    • 往復 おうふく Listen making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going
    • 報復 ほうふく Listen retaliation; revenge; reprisal
    • 復旧 ふっきゅう Listen restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
    • 復権 ふっけん Listen rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
    • 復調 ふくちょう Listen recovery; return to form; regaining one's (usual) form

  • Four-character idioms with 復

    • 王政復古 おうせいふっこ Listen restoration of imperial rule; Restoration (England)
    • 一陽来復 いちようらいふく Listen return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable)
    • 克己復礼 こっきふくれい Listen exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality
    • 失地回復 しっちかいふく Listen the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending
    • 文芸復興 ぶんげいふっこう Listen Renaissance

  • Tattoo check: 復

    • Verified meaning: to return, to restore
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さかえ, しげる, ふく)
    • Also carries these associations: to repeat

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 復

    Given names 復(さかえ)Listen 復(ふく)Listen

    Surnames 復(しげる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    restore; return to; revert; resume

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    return; repeat; repeatedly; hexagram ䷗

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To return. Going and returning is 復. Such as "returning after seven days." Also, returning to original is 復原. | To repay. Like saying 復命. Now also, replying to letters is 復書; taking revenge is 復仇. | To repeat. Such as 死者不可復生, meaning to revive. Also read as 浮 Departing tone. (Mencius) "Almost cannot be restored." | To exempt. Exempting from corvée labor is 復.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fuku(フク) フク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mata(また) また

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to return to restore to repeat revenge recovery restoration again back regain rehabilitate reinvigorate rekindle renew repay resume resurgence retaliate revive reestablish

Sentences including 復

  • There is no hope of his getting well soon.

  • She recovered from her long illness.

  • I hope that she will get well soon.

  • He is up and about again.

  • I hope you'll get well soon.

  • My father got well again.

  • It will not be long before he recovers from his illness.

  • He revenged himself.

  • The weather has improved.

  • He avenged his friend on them.

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