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覆

覆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「襾」+音符「復」。「襾」の由来は明らかではないが、一説に「山」を上下覆した形に由来する。「くつがえす」を意味する漢語｛覆｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • フクJHS
Kun (native)
  • おお(う)JHS
  • くつがえ(す)HS
  • くつがえ(る)HS
Other languages
  • 拼音fu4
  • 한글bog
  • 한글bu
  • Hán-ViệtPhúc
  • Hán-ViệtPhú

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
襾(おおいかんむり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8986

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱覀復

Words using this kanji

  • 覆うおおうto cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap
  • 覆すくつがえすくつがえすを参照。to overturn, to capsize, to upset, to overthrow (government etc.)
  • 覆面ふくめん防寒や秘匿のため顔を布や仮面などで覆い隠すこと。また、その覆うもの。 神饌や貴人の食事などに息がかからないように口や鼻を布などで覆うこと。また、その覆うもの。 正体を明かさないこと。mask, veil, disguise, anonymous
  • 覆るくつがえるくつがえるを参照。to topple over, to be overturned, to capsize, to be overruled
  • 覆いおおい「おおい」を参照。cover, mantle, shroud, hood
  • 覆土ふくどcovering seeds with soil
  • 覆ふくconcealment (of one's vices), veil, cover, overturning
  • 覆没ふくぼつcapsizing and sinking
  • 覆滅ふくめつ完全にこと、又は、。complete overthrow, complete destruction, ruination
  • 覆審ふくしんjudicial review
  • 覆輪ふくりんornamental border
  • 覆水ふくすい容器からこぼれた水。spilt water, spilled water
  • 覆屋おおいやouter roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
  • 覆堂ふくどうouter roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
  • 覆われおおわれcover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)
  • 覆面算ふくめんざん数式の全体が文字に置き換えられており、各文字に入る数字を当てるパズル。verbal arithmetic, alphametic, cryptarithmetic, cryptarithm
  • 覆い隠すおおいかくす「おおいかくす」を参照。to mask, to cover, to cloak, to hide
  • 覆輪梔子ふくりんくちなしfukurin gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides f. albomarginata)
  • 覆面強盗ふくめんごうとうmasked burglar, masked bandit
  • 覆面作家ふくめんさっかanonymous author, pseudonymous author, writer who conceals his identity

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(55 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-12
Four Corner
1024.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c14.6
Heisig
1738
Nelson
4279