Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 覆
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覆 |
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Meaning |
overturning (vehicle), capsize (boat), shade, mantle, cover |
Pronunciation |
FUKU
kutsugaeru/su, ōu |
Explanation |
Top: west 西, bottom: repeat/again 復 (= to go 彳 with a reverse 复) [reverse 复 = Who first lies  on a tatami mat 日 and then sits cross-legged 夂, has reversed.] |
Mnemonic
| In the west it repeats (the experience) that everything can overturn or capsize. |
Radicals
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西
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west | (The upper stroke 一 can be seen as horizon. Below a variante of sun 日 and two legs 儿, which here stand for a downward motion: Belos the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west.) |
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復
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to repeat | |
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彳
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to walk | (Radical gyounin This is the half form of 行 gyougamae ) |
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复
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reversible | (only used in Chinese) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 覆う |
おおう |
to cover/to hide/to conceal/to wrap/to disguise | | 覆す |
くつがえす |
to overturn/to upset/to overthrow/to undermine | | 覆面 |
ふくめん |
mask/veil/disguise |
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