复 (fù) is a Chinese character meaning “to repeat”. It is written from 𠂉 (top stroke form) and 日 (sun; day) and 夂 (trailing foot; to go slowly), and takes 9 strokes.
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Structure
𠂉 + 日 + 夂
Top–middle–bottom structure
Structure from: modern-form decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data medians (9 strokes: 𠂉 2 + 日 4 + 夂 3); historical origin of 復/複 not asserted
Memory aid
A slanted cap (𠂉) over the sun (日), and under them a foot (夂) walking. Day after day the foot comes back to the same sun — again, and again: repeat.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
9 strokes
In real words
- 复习fù xíto review; to revise (lessons)复 = fù
- 复杂fù zácomplicated; complex复 = fù
- 康复kāng fùto recover (from illness); rehabilitation复 = fù
- 恢复huī fùto recover; to restore; to return to normal复 = fù
Go deeper
All readings
again; to repeat
to repeat; again; to recover; to reply; manifold
再一次；重来。也表示恢复、回答，或表示不止一层。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 复习fù xíto review; to revise (lessons)复 = fù
- 复杂fù zácomplicated; complex复 = fù
- 康复kāng fùto recover (from illness); rehabilitation复 = fù
- 恢复huī fùto recover; to restore; to return to normal复 = fù
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 复 mean?
复 (fù) means to repeat; again; to recover; to reply; manifold.
How do you pronounce 复?
It is pronounced fù.
What parts is 复 made of?
𠂉 (top stroke form) and 日 (sun; day) and 夂 (trailing foot; to go slowly). The recorded source is: modern-form decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data medians (9 strokes: 𠂉 2 + 日 4 + 夂 3); historical origin of 復/複 not asserted. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 复 have?
9. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 复?
夂. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 复?
Common ones are 复习 and 复杂. The reading of 复 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.