复

覆
fù
#426 most
frequent character
to reply to a letter, variant of 復|复[fu4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

复 joins 夂 foot with a sound part, giving the first sense of entering or leaving a pit-like home. From going back home came return, then restore, reply, again, lined clothes, plural, and duplicate.

Drawn as: foot

复 as a component in other characters

sound4 characters
腹蝮馥鳆
picture2 characters
愎復
empty1 character
履

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Same Characters, Different Readings

复fù
to go and return, to return
复fù
to repeat, to double, to overlap

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