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Mythic Mandarin

反复 (fǎn fù): meaning and stroke order

反复 (fǎn fù) means repeatedly, over and over, to upend, unstable, to come and go, (of an illness) to return.

反复

Simplified
反复
Traditional
反覆, 反復
Pinyin
fǎn fù

Stroke order of 反复

反

  • fǎn contrary; in reverse
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

复

  • fù to go and return; to return
  • fù to repeat; to double
  • fù variant of 復|复[fu4]; to reply to a letter
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 復

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 反复

  1. fǎn fù Traditional 反覆
    • repeatedly
    • over and over
    • to upend
    • unstable
    • to come and go
    • (of an illness) to return
  2. fǎn fù Traditional 反復
    • variant of 反覆|反复[fan3 fu4]

Radicals of the characters

反
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 4 strokes · built from 𠂆 and 又
复
Radical 夊 (Kangxi radical 35) · 9 strokes · 𭥍 on top, 夊 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

反复 in our stories

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  • 他在书里反复强调，人命关天，官员判案的时候，哪怕只错一点点，也可能让一个无辜的人冤死。

    tā zài shū lǐ fǎnfù qiángdiào rénmìng guāntiān guānyuán pàn àn de shíhou nǎpà zhǐ cuò yìdiǎndiǎn yě kěnéng ràng yí gè wúgū de rén yuānsǐ

    Throughout the book he stressed that human life is paramount: when an official judges a case, even the smallest error can send an innocent person to an unjust death.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 反复

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).