覆 – capsize, cover, shade

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The kanji 覆 means capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おお.う、くつがえ.す、くつがえ.る (oou, kutsugaesu, kutsugaeru). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 襾 (no. 146).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フク	fuku
Kun’yomi	おお.う	oou
Kun’yomi	くつがえ.す	kutsugaesu
Kun’yomi	くつがえ.る	kutsugaeru

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: 襾 (Kangxi radical 146). Components: 西・日・夂・彳・乞.

Words using 覆

覆うおおうto cover覆すくつがえすto overturn覆面ふくめんmask

Example sentences

机はほこりで覆われている。

The desk is covered with dust.

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覆面をした男達が旅客を襲って金を奪った。

Masked men held up the passengers and robbed them of their money.

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Kanji with the same radical

要西

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