復 – restore, return to, revert

12 strokesTaught in grade 5#438 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 復 means restore, return to, revert, resume. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is また (mata). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フク	fuku
Kun’yomi	また	mata

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 日・夂・彳・ノ・一・人・乞.

Words using 復

復習ふくしゅうreview (of learned material)回復かいふくrestoration往復おうふくmaking a round trip復活ふっかつrevival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.)復旧ふっきゅうrestoration復興ふっこうrevival

Example sentences

その課の復習をしましたか。

Have you gone over the lesson?

Tatoeba #211923

回復はほとんど不可能だった。

Recovery was almost impossible.

Tatoeba #185180

往復ですか、片道ですか。

Round trip or one-way?

Tatoeba #188543

Kanji with the same radical

後得役待従彼徒徴徹律御徳微往径徐

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