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覆

覆

See also: 复 and 復

Translingual

Han character

覆 (radical 146 西+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹人水 (MWHOE), four-corner 10247, composition ⿱覀復)

Related characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1129, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34789
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1598, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2808, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8986

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 覆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (复) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愎 *brɯɡ
鍑 *puɡs, *puɡ
覆 *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ
復 *buɡs, *buɡ
椱 *buɡs, *buɡ
複 *buɡs, *puɡ
馥 *brɯɡ, *buɡ
腹 *puɡ
輹 *puɡ, *buɡ
蝮 *pʰuɡ
蕧 *pʰuɡ, *buɡ
复 *buɡ
鰒 *buɡ
澓 *buɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ) : semantic 襾 + phonetic 復 ‎(OC *buɡs, *buɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 覆 覆 覆 覆
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 並 (3) 滂 (2) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 屋 (4) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III I
Fanqie 敷救切 扶富切 芳福切 匹北切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰɨuH/ /bɨuH/ /pʰɨuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiuH/ /biuH/ /pʰiuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰiəuH/ /biəuH/ /pʰiuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰuwH/ /buwH/ /pʰuwk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiuH/ /biuH/ /pʰiuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭəuH/ /bĭəuH/ /pʰĭuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯ə̯uH/ /bʱi̯ə̯uH/ /pʰi̯uk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fòu fòu fu po
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 覆 覆
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fù fù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ phjuwH › ‹ phjuwk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰ(r)uk-s/ /*pʰ(r)uk/
English cover turn over

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 覆 覆 覆 覆
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 3536 3540 3541 3548
Phonetic
component		 复 复 复 复
Rime
group		 奧 奧 職 覺
Rime
subdivision		 1 1 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 副 復 覆 蝮
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰuɡs/ /*buɡs/ /*pʰɯːɡ/ /*pʰuɡ/

Definitions

覆

  1. to cover
  2. to tip over
  3. to return
  4. to reply

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

覆

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

覆 • ‎(bok, bu) (hangeul 복, 부, revised bok, bu, McCune-Reischauer pok, pu, Yale pok, pu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

覆 (phúc, phú, phủ)

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