The kanji 覆: meaning, readings and stroke order

覆

Meaning: cover, overturn
On reading: フク fuku
Kun reading: おお（う） oou、くつがえ（す） kutsugaesu、くつがえ（る） kutsugaeru
Strokes: 18
Radical: 西 west
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: che phủ, lật ngược (phúc)
Japanese: おおう。ひっくりかえす。
Korean: 덮다, 뒤집다 (복)
Chinese: 覆盖、推翻

Readings, words and example sentences

フク fuku · on reading · less common

覆ふく面めん
mask, face covering
覆ふく面めんの人物が出てきます。
A masked person appears.

おお（う） oou · kun reading

覆おおう
to cover
雪が山を 覆おおいます。
Snow covers the mountain.

くつがえ（す） kutsugaesu · kun reading · less common

覆くつがえす
to overturn, to reverse
決定を 覆くつがえします。
They overturn the decision.

くつがえ（る） kutsugaeru · kun reading · less common

覆くつがえる
to be overturned
予想が 覆くつがえりました。
Things turned out the opposite of what we expected.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.