覆
fù HSK7

cover, turn over

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approved by Peter Olson · Aug 21, 2021, 08:27 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Aug 21, 2021, 08:27 PM

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

Components

襾
襾 Meaning component
yà cover
復
復 Sound component
return

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjuwHpʰ(r)uk-s cover
phjuwkpʰ(r)uk turn over

說文解字

《說文》：“覆，覂也。一曰蓋也。从襾，復聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)