Meaning & readings
capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined
On’yomi フク
Kun’yomi おお.う、くつがえ.す、くつがえ.る
Origin
The character combines a roof radical at the top, suggesting something that covers or shelters, with a sound component at the bottom that guides pronunciation. The roof element directly connects to meanings like "cover" and "shade" — a roof is what covers and protects things. The bottom component provides a phonetic hint rather than adding meaning. Together, the shape evolved to express the idea of something being covered or overturned, as when a roof collapses or a boat capsizes.
Components
- 覀
- 復
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 18
- Kangxi radical
- 146
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1378 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+08986