复 — to go and return; to return
to go and return; to return; to resume
- Pinyin
- fù
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 复: 9 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 复 in the HSK syllabus: 22
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 复习fùxíto review; revisionHSK 3
- 复印fùyìnto photocopy; to duplicate a documentHSK 4
- 复杂fùzácomplicated; complexHSK 4
- 回复huífùto recover; to revert; to return toHSK 4
- 重复chóngfùto repeat; to duplicateHSK 5
- 反复fǎnfùrepeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstableHSK 5
- 复制fùzhìto duplicate; to make a copy of; to copyHSK 5
- 恢复huīfùto reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recoverHSK 5
- 答复dáfùto answer; to reply; Reply to:HSK 6
- 康复kāngfùto recuperate; to recover; to convalesceHSK 6
- 修复xiūfùto restore; to renovate; to repairHSK 6
- 报复bàofùto make reprisals; to retaliateHSK 7–9
- 错综复杂cuòzōng-fùzátangled and complicatedHSK 7–9
- 复查fùcháto check again; to re-examineHSK 7–9
- 复发fùfāto recur; to reappear; to relapseHSK 7–9
- 复合fùhéto be reconciled; to get back togetherHSK 7–9
- 复活fùhuóto revive; to come back to life; resurrectionHSK 7–9
- 复苏fùsūto recover; to resuscitate; anabiosisHSK 7–9
- 复兴fùxīngto revive; to rejuvenateHSK 7–9
- 复原fùyuánto restore to former conditionHSK 7–9
- 日复一日rìfùyírìday after dayHSK 7–9
- 收复shōufùto recover; to recaptureHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.