复
fù
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.
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