Meaning
again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate; repeat
Chinese: 重复、恢复或回复。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fu” becomes a different word in each tone. 复 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 重复chóng fùto repeat; to duplicate
- 复习fù xíto review; revision
- 复杂fù zácomplicated; complex
- 反复fǎn fùrepeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable
- 复印fù yìnto photocopy; to duplicate a document
Example Sentence
请尽快给我回复。Qǐng jǐn kuài gěi wǒ huí fù.Please reply to me as soon as possible.
请Qǐngto ask尽jǐnto the greatest extent快kuàirapid给gěito我wǒI回huíHui ethnic group (Chinese 复fùto go and return。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
In simplified Chinese 复 covers 復 ‘to return; again; to recover, reply’ and 複 ‘double, complex’: ‘to return; to repeat, again; to recover, restore; to reply; complex’ (恢复, 重复, 复杂).
A way to remember it
‘To return / again / complex’: 恢复, 重复, 复杂.