# 复

| 复 | U+590D, &#22797; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-590D |
| ← 夌 [U+590C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 夎 → [U+590E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

复 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人日竹水 (OAHE), four-corner 8040$_7$, composition ⿱𭥍夂(GHJV) or ⿱𭥍夊(T))

#### Derived characters

* 復 腹 複

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 869, character 6
* Unihan data for U+590D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 复 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 愎 | *brɯɡ |
| 鍑 | *puɡs, *puɡ |
| 覆 | *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ |
| 復 | *buɡs, *buɡ |
| 椱 | *buɡs, *buɡ |
| 複 | *buɡs, *puɡ |
| 馥 | *brɯɡ, *buɡ |
| 腹 | *puɡ |
| 輹 | *puɡ, *buɡ |
| 蝮 | *pʰuɡ |
| 蕧 | *pʰuɡ, *buɡ |
| 复 | *buɡ |
| 鰒 | *buɡ |
| 澓 | *buɡ |
At the top of the character, there is a representation of a room at the centre of a corridor (see also 良); at the bottom, there is a footprint pointing down 夊. The original meaning is "going back", with a reference to meet people perhaps in a guest room. Original version of 復. Unrelated to 夏.
The top component of the character is unrelated to 每, 伤, 旅, 乞 as well as 人.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fù (fu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fù
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fù
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^4$
*** Yale: fù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fuk$^6$
*** Yale: fuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: bjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 复 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房六切 |
| Baxter | bjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-p(r)uk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*buɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 复 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-p(r)uk/ |
| English | return |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 复 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3554 |
| Phonetic component | 复 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 伏 |
| Old Chinese | /*buɡ/ |

#### Definitions

复
* to go back

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 复 – see 復 (“to return; to recover; to resume; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 復).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 复 – see 複 (“lined garment; to repeat; to double; to overlap; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 複).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 4
#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 复 – see 覆 (“to cover; to tip over; to overturn; to flip over; etc.”). (This character is the former (1964–1986) first-round simplified form of 覆).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### Usage notes

覆 was officially simplified to 复 in 1964–1986, but now it only simplifies to 复 in the meaning of "to return; to reply", e.g. 答覆／答复 (dáfù), 反覆／反复 (fǎnfù), and 回覆／回复 (huífù). In other meanings, 覆 no longer simplifies to 复, e.g. 翻覆 (fānfù), 覆蓋／覆盖 (fùgài), 顛覆／颠覆 (diānfù), 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù), and 覆轍／覆辙 (fùzhé).

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

复 (eumhun 회복할 복 (hoebokhal bok))

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

复 (eumhun 다시 부 (dasi bu))
same as 復
* return
* repeat
* repeatedly

## Vietnamese
### Han character

复: Hán Nôm readings: phúc , 复: Hán Nôm readings: phục , 复: Hán Nôm readings: phức
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