複

See also: 复 and 復

複 U+8907, 複 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8907 ← 褆 [U+8906] CJK Unified Ideographs 褈 → [U+8908]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

複 (radical 145, 衣+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中人日水 (LOAE), four-corner 3824₇, composition ⿰衤复)

Derived characters

• 𥵩

References

• KangXi: page 1120, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34417
• Dae Jaweon: page 1587, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3103, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8907

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Chinese

trad.		複
simp.		复*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 複
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fù (fu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍k
• Min Bei (KCR): hŭ
• Min Dong (BUC): hók
• Min Nan (POJ): hok / ho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
    • IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹
    • Yale: fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁶
    • IPA: /fuk̚⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hŭ
    • IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hók
    • IPA ^(key): /houʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok
    • Tâi-lô: hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨu^H/, /pɨuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	複	複
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶富切	方六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuH/	/pɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biuH/	/piuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biəuH/	/piuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwH/	/puwk̚/
Li Rong	/biuH/	/piuk̚/
Wang Li	/bĭəuH/	/pĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯uH/	/pi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu	fu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)uk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*buɡs/, /*puɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	複
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*p(r)uk/
English	double, lined (garment)
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	複	複
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3539	3544
Phonetic component	复	复
Rime group	奧	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	復	福
Old Chinese	/*buɡs/	/*puɡ/

Definitions

複

1. to repeat; to double; to overlap
2. (Min Dong) again

Compounds

Derived terms from 複

• 合義複詞／合义复词
• 山重水複／山重水复 (shān chóng shuǐ fù)
• 掌狀複葉／掌状复叶
• 煩複／烦复
• 繁複／繁复 (fánfù)
• 羽狀複葉／羽状复叶
• 衍聲複詞／衍声复词
• 複元音／复元音 (fùyuányīn)
• 複分解／复分解 (fùfēnjiě)
• 複利／复利 (fùlì)
• 複利法／复利法
• 複利計算／复利计算
• 複印／复印 (fùyìn)
• 複印品／复印品
• 複印機／复印机 (fùyìnjī)
• 複句／复句 (fùjù)
• 複合／复合 (fùhé)
• 複合企業／复合企业
• 複合元音／复合元音
• 複合光／复合光
• 複合命題／复合命题
• 複合國／复合国
• 複合攝影／复合摄影
• 複合材料／复合材料
• 複合概念／复合概念
• 複合樣式／复合样式
• 複合肥料／复合肥料
• 複合詞／复合词 (fùhécí)
• 複合量詞／复合量词
• 複合韻母／复合韵母
• 複名數／复名数

• 複品牌／复品牌
• 複壁／复壁
• 複姓／复姓 (fùxìng)
• 複婚制／复婚制
• 複審／复审 (fùshěn)
• 複寫／复写 (fùxiě)
• 複寫紙／复写纸 (fùxiězhǐ)
• 複式／复式 (fùshì)
• 複式教學／复式教学
• 複式編制／复式编制
• 複式路面／复式路面
• 複式關稅／复式关税
• 複意／复意
• 複拍子／复拍子
• 複數／复数 (fùshù)
• 複方／复方 (fùfāng)
• 複本／复本 (fùběn)
• 複本位制／复本位制
• 複果／复果
• 複查／复查 (fùchá)
• 複核／复核 (fùhé)
• 複根／复根
• 複檢／复检 (fùjiǎn)
• 複比／复比
• 複決／复决
• 複決權／复决权
• 複眼／复眼 (fùyǎn)
• 複種／复种
• 複稱／复称
• 複穴／复穴
• 複綜語／复综语

• 複線／复线
• 複習／复习 (fùxí)
• 複肥／复肥
• 複色光／复色光
• 複葉／复叶 (fùyè)
• 複製／复制 (fùzhì)
• 複製品／复制品 (fùzhìpǐn)
• 複襦／复襦
• 複視／复视
• 複診／复诊 (fùzhěn)
• 複詞／复词
• 複試／复试 (fùshì)
• 複誦／复诵
• 複議／复议
• 複賽／复赛 (fùsài)
• 複輔音／复辅音 (fùfǔyīn)
• 複述／复述 (fùshù)
• 複道／复道 (fùdào)
• 複選／复选 (fùxuǎn)
• 複閣／复阁
• 複雜／复杂 (fùzá)
• 複雜勞動／复杂劳动
• 複音／复音
• 複音詞／复音词
• 複韻母／复韵母
• 複頻／复频
• 複鹽／复盐
• 重複／重复 (chóngfù)
• 重複課稅／重复课税
• 重見複出／重见复出
• 錯綜複雜／错综复杂 (cuòzōngfùzá)

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Japanese

Kanji

複

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
• Kun: かさねる (kasaneru, 複ねる); ふたたび (futatabi, 複)

Compounds

Compounds

• 複占 (ふくせん) (fukusen): duopoly

Kanji in this term
複
ふく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ふく​ [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

複 (hiragana ふく, rōmaji fuku)

1. Short for 複試合.
2. Short for 複勝式.

Prefix

複 (hiragana ふく, rōmaji fuku-)

1. diplo-, double

References

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Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

複 (eumhun 겹칠 복 (gyeopchil bok))

Etymology 2

Hanja

複 (eumhun 겹칠 부 (gyeopchil bu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

複 (phức)

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