Kanji N2

復: restore, return to, revert

復 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning restore, return to, revert, written with 12 strokes. It is read フク (on) and また (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 回復 (かいふく, restoration) and 往復 (おうふく, making a round trip).

復

Meanings

  • restore
  • return to
  • revert
  • resume
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#438 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • フク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • また

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 復

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 回復かいふく

    restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return

    JLPT N3
  • 往復おうふく

    making a round trip; going and returning

    JLPT N2
  • 復習ふくしゅう

    review (of learned material); revision

    JLPT N4
  • 復活ふっかつ

    revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 復興ふっこう

    revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding

    JLPT N1
  • 復旧ふっきゅう

    restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

    JLPT N1
  • 復帰ふっき

    return; reversion; comeback; reinstatement

  • 報復ほうふく

    retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retribution

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.