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修复

xiūfù

to repair; to restore

A person repairing a cracked vase
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Characters in this word

修 xiū

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
攸 distant, far 彡 hair
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

复 fù

Strokes
9
Radical
夊 — to go slowly
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 复

Example phrases

  • 修复旧手机。 Xiūfù jiù shǒujī. Repair the old phone.
  • 我会修复它。 Wǒ huì xiūfù tā. I can repair it.
  • 桥正在修复。 Qiáo zhèngzài xiūfù. The bridge is being repaired.

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