覆
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to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 襾 +12
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 覆
- Common rank
- #1,678
- Unicode
- U+8986
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 覆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
覀 meaning “cover” + 復 sound
Components 覀 復
How to remember it
overturn · Heisig RSH #2616
Old West + queue + double back
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 覆
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前车之覆，后车之鉴 | lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesso… | |
| 翻手为云覆手变雨 | lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns t… | |
| 覆水难收 | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's d… | |
| 天翻地覆 | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned … | |
| 翻天覆地 | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned … | |
| 全军覆没 | total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout | |
| 翻来覆去 | to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again | |
| 颠覆国家罪 | crime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权[shan1 dong4 dian1 … | |
| 翻云覆雨 | to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift o… | |
| 覆盖面 | coverage | |
| 旋覆花 | (botany) convolvulvus; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb) | |
| 覆盖物 | mulch | |
| 颠覆分子 | a subversive; a saboteur | |
| 上覆 | to inform | |
| 覆巢之下无完卵 | lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom); fig. when one falls in disgrace… | |
| 煽动颠覆国家政权 | incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech) | |
| 阴谋颠覆政府罪 | the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government | |
| 回覆 | to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer | |
| 覆盖率 | coverage | |
| 覆盆子 | raspberry |