JLPT N2 · 12 strokes
Kanji 復: "restore, return to, revert"
The kanji 復 means "restore, return to, revert, resume". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read フク in on'yomi and また in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
フク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
また
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | restore, return to, revert, resume |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 438 of 2,501 |
Common words with 復
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 回復restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return · recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
- 復活revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback · resurrection; rebirth
- 復讐revenge
- 修復restoration; repair; mending
- 復帰return; reversion; comeback; reinstatement · carriage return
- 往復making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going · round-trip ticket; return ticket
- 復興revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding
- 報復retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retribution · retorsion; retortion
- 復旧restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
- 復元restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
- 復習review (of learned material); revision
- 復唱reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
Keep going
Read real Japanese, not lists
A kanji list does not teach you to read. KanjiYome puts furigana and a dictionary on any Japanese text, offline, and turns the words you meet into review cards.