伏

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to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 6
Radical: 人 +4
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 伏
Common rank: #909
Unicode: U+4F0F

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Formation & memory

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How 伏 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 亻 acting like a dog 犬

Components 亻犬

How to remember it

bend over · Heisig RSH #2075

人 person + chihuahua

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 伏

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
电子伏特	diàn zǐ fú tè	electronvolt (eV)
伏尔加河	Fú ěr jiā Hé	Volga River
电子伏	diàn zǐ fú	electron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)
三伏天	sān fú tiān	see 三伏[san1 fu2]
吉电子伏	jí diàn zǐ fú	giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)
伏尔加格勒	Fú ěr jiā gé lè	Volgograd, city in Russia on the Volga River 伏爾加河\|伏尔加河[Fu2 er3 jia1 He2]
伏特加	fú tè jiā	(loanword) vodka
伏牛山	Fú niú Shān	Funiu Mountains in southwestern Henan, eastern extension of the Qinling mountain range 秦嶺山…
光伏器件	guāng fú qì jiàn	photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)
伏特计	fú tè jì	voltmeter
中伏	zhōng fú	the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late…
中伏	zhòng fú	to be ambushed
头伏	tóu fú	see 初伏[chu1 fu2]
伏地	fú dì	to lie prostrate
伏天	fú tiān	see 三伏[san1 fu2]
伏安	fú ān	volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
伏法	fú fǎ	to be executed
三伏	sān fú	the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu…
出伏	chū fú	to come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as 三伏[san1 fu2])
平伏	píng fú	to pacify; to calm; calm; quiet; to lie on one's belly

Sound family

These characters use 伏 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
伏 sound part	fú	to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
茯	fú	China root; medicinal fungus