复 fù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 夊 — to go slowly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
复苏
fùsū
to recover; to revive; recovery
Characters in this word
苏 sū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 办 to set up
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 消费信心能否复苏，取决于就业预期和社会保障是否稳定。 Xiāofèi xìnxīn néngfǒu fùsū, qǔjué yú jiùyè yùqī hé shèhuì bǎozhàng shìfǒu wěndìng. Whether consumer confidence can recover depends on employment expectations and the stability of social security.
- 春天来了，大地复苏，小草从土里钻了出来。 Chūntiān lái le, dàdì fùsū, xiǎocǎo cóng tǔ lǐ zuān le chūlái. Spring has come, the earth is reawakening, and little grass blades are poking out of the soil.
- 旅游业正在慢慢复苏，来这里的游客越来越多。 Lǚyóuyè zhèngzài mànmàn fùsū, lái zhèlǐ de yóukè yuèláiyuè duō. Tourism is slowly recovering, and more and more visitors are coming here.