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覆

capsize
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingフク
Kun readingおお.う、くつがえ.す、くつがえ.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. shade
  4. mantle
  5. be ruined
  1. to overturn
  2. to capsize
  3. to upset
  4. to overthrow (government etc.)
  5. to reverse (decision etc.)

Popular Usage

覆う覆す

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
傾覆けいふく
turning upside down
修覆しゅうふく
restoration
上覆うわおおい
cover
顛覆てんぷく
overturning
被覆ひふく
coating
覆いおおい
cover
覆刻ふっこく
republication
顚覆てんぷく
overturning
棺を覆うかんをおおう
to cover a coffin
同語反覆どうごはんぷく
tautology (language)
覆輪梔子ふくりんくちなし
fukurin gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides f. albomarginata)
覆水盆に帰らずふくすいぼんにかえらず
what's done is done
覆水盆に返らずふくすいぼんにかえらず
what's done is done

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

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 覆

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