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復

简 复 · 繁 復
Mandarin · pinyin fù

Meanings

  1. to go and return
  2. to return
  3. to resume
  4. to return to a normal or original state
  5. to repeat
  6. again
  7. to recover
  8. to restore
  9. to turn over
  10. to reply
  11. to answer
  12. to reply to a letter
  13. to retaliate
  14. to carry out
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復
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复
fù · return; repeat; repeatedly
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4 · fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fau6 · fuk1 · fuk6

Cantonese word readings for 復. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

  1. to return
  2. to recover; to resume
  3. to revenge; to avenge
  4. to reply
  5. 24th hexagram of the I Ching

character

  1. (literary or Eastern Min) again

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復 · fu4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 40,431
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Exact source record復 复 [fu4] /to go and return/to return/to resume/to return to a normal or original state/to repeat/again/to recover/to restore/to turn over/to reply/to answer/to reply to a letter/to retaliate/to carry out/