覆 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order

Readings

On readingフク

Kun readingおお.う、くつがえ.す、くつがえ.る

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «覆»

Meanings

capsizeRtK
畑は雑草で覆われていた。The field was rank with weeds.tatoeba
岩倉や大久保らはこの状況を覆すべくクーデターを計画する。Some people, including Iwakura and Okubo, planned a coup to change the situation.wiki
cover
冬が近づいてきたので、山々はまもなく雪に覆われるだろう。With winter coming on, the mountains will soon be covered with snow.tatoeba
五本全指を覆う形状。It has a form which covers all five fingers.wiki
shade
mantle
be ruined

concealment (of one's vices)
veil
overturning
toppling

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical襾cover

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old west · restore · Nelson · column · going (行) · line · fold back · double back · reclining · lying down · sun (日) · day (日) · walking legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1738

Compound words

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 capsize; to upset; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.)

転覆てんぷく

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

覆るくつがえる

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed

覆面ふくめん

mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked

fukurin gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides f. albomarginata)

Additional Examples

頂上は雪で覆われている。

The top is covered with snow.tatoeba

五本全指を覆う形状。

It has a form which covers all five fingers.wiki

両手全指を覆う形状。

It has a form which covers a whole hand and fingers.wiki

稲藁で、茶の木と距離を取った棚から被覆する。

Trellises, which are installed with sufficient height from the top of each tea tree, are covered in rice straw.wiki

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