Memory phrase for the character: 複

複

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Meaning

again, double, compound

Pronunciation

FUKU

Explanation

 Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: reversible 复 (Who first lies on the tatami mat 日 and then cross-legged 夂, has "reversed".)

Mnemonic
 
Clothes that are reversible can be used again / double.

Radicals

衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form as 巾.
复 reversibleThis radical has only in Chinese the meaning "reversible". - Who first lies on a tatami mat 日 and then sits cross-legged 夂, has "reversed".
lying personIs understood as a flat version of: 人 - Other radicals with 'person' are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫
夂 crossed legsThis radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.




 Vocabulary

複写 ふくしゃ  copy, duplicate
複写機 ふくしゃき  photocopying machine, copier
複合 ふくごう  composite, complex
複数 ふくすう  plural, multiple
複雑 ふくざつ  complexity, complication
重複 じゅうふく  duplication, repetition, redundancy
重複 ちょうふく  duplication, repetition, redundancy

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