variant of 復|复[fu4]

to reply to a letter

Person (亻) + sun (日) + follow (夂) = going back to reply

A person (亻) retraces their steps (夂 suggests following or coming after) day by day (日) — going back over something to respond or repeat. The character is a simplified variant of 復, which carries the full sense of returning and replying.

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A personSemantic
To follow behindSemantic
SunSemantic

Words with 复

复会

fù huì

to resume a meeting

复本

fù běn

copy

周而复始

zhōu ér fù shǐ

lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles

重复

chóng fù

to repeat

重复使力伤害

chóng fù shǐ lì shāng hài

repetitive strain injury (RSI)

重复性劳损

chóng fù xìng láo sǔn

repetitive strain injury (RSI)

重复法

chóng fù fǎ

repetition

重复性

chóng fù xìng

repetitive

错综复杂

cuò zōng fù zá

tangled and complicated (idiom)

间隔重复

jiàn gé chóng fù

spaced repetition

双复磷

shuāng fù lín

obidoxime chloride

韩复榘

hán fù jǔ

Han Fuju (1890–1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] after he abandoned Jinan to the Japanese

More characters with 亻