翻覆 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fānfù

overturn

fān flip over

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

番 Sound component

fān to take turns

羽 Meaning component

yǔ feather

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰan
Unicode	piæn

《說文新附》：“翻，飛也。从羽，番聲。或从飛。”

Phonosemantic compound. 襾 represents the meaning and 復 represents the sound.

襾 Meaning component

yà cover

復 Sound component

return

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjuwH	pʰ(r)uk-s	cover
	phjuwk	pʰ(r)uk	turn over

《說文》：“覆，覂也。一曰蓋也。从襾，復聲。”