覆 fù
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 復 again, repeatedly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
覆盖
fùgài
to cover
Characters in this word
盖 gài
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 羊 sheep, goat 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 大雪覆盖了山区道路，救援车辆不得不放慢速度。 Dàxuě fùgài le shānqū dàolù, jiùyuán chēliàng bùdébù fàngmàn sùdù. Heavy snow covered the mountain roads, forcing rescue vehicles to slow down.
- 厚厚的云层覆盖了整个天空。 Hòuhòu de yúncéng fùgài le zhěnggè tiānkōng. A thick layer of cloud covered the whole sky.
- 她用一块布把桌上的菜覆盖起来，免得落灰。 Tā yòng yí kuài bù bǎ zhuō shàng de cài fùgài qǐlái, miǎnde luò huī. She covered the food on the table with a cloth so that dust would not settle on it.
Related words
- 颠覆 diānfù to overturn; to subvert; to upend
- 翻来覆去 fānláifùqù over and over; to toss and turn
- 翻天覆地 fāntiānfùdì earth-shaking; tremendous
- 盖 gài to cover
- 涵盖 hángài to cover; to encompass
- 膝盖 xīgài knee
- 掩盖 yǎngài to cover up; to conceal
- 遮盖 zhēgài to cover; to conceal
- 铺 pū to spread, to pave
- 吊 diào to hang, to suspend
- 搭 dā to build, to set up
- 扎 zhā to prick, to stab