Moto 覆: Capsize; Cover; ShadeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- フク
- Kun'yomi
- おお(う)、くつがえ(す)、くつがえ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 62 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (フク)
- 覆面ふくめんmask; veil
- 被覆ひふくcoating; covering
- 覆土ふくどcovering seeds with soil
- 仕覆しふくsilk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
- 修覆しゅうふくrestoration; repair
- 傾覆けいふくturning upside down
- 翻雲覆雨ほんうんふくうfickle friendship
- 耐火被覆たいかひふくfire resistive covering; fireproof coating
- 耐火被覆材たいかひふくざいfire resistive covering material
- 被覆作物ひふくさくもつcover crop
- 被覆空間ひふくくうかんcovering space
- 覆ふくconcealment (of one's vices); veil
- 覆刻ふっこくrepublication; reissue
- 覆刻版ふっこくばんfacsimile edition; reprint
- 覆審ふくしんjudicial review
- 覆水盆に帰らずふくすいぼんにかえらずwhat's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk
- 覆水盆に返らずふくすいぼんにかえらずwhat's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk
- 覆没ふくぼつcapsizing and sinking
- 覆滅ふくめつruination
- 覆輪ふくりんornamental border
- 覆鉢ふくばちfukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial
- 覆面パトカーふくめんパトカーunmarked police car
- 覆面レスラーふくめんレスラーmasked wrestler
- 覆面作家ふくめんさっかanonymous author; pseudonymous author
- 覆面強盗ふくめんごうとうmasked burglar; masked bandit
- 覆面算ふくめんざんverbal arithmetic; alphametic
- 蹴子覆しゅうしふくejector housing (rifle, pistol)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 覆うおおうto cover; to hide
- 覆すくつがえすto overturn; to capsize
- 覆いおおいcover; mantle
- 覆るくつがえるto topple over; to be overturned
- 判決を覆すはんけつをくつがえすto overrule a decision
- 前車の覆るは後車の戒めぜんしゃのくつがえるはこうしゃのいましめlearn wisdom from the follies of others; learn from others' mistakes
- 常識を覆すじょうしきをくつがえすto defy conventional wisdom
- 日覆いひおおいsunshade; sunscreen
- 棺を覆うかんをおおうto cover a coffin; to die
- 目を覆うめをおおうto avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something
- 空を覆うそらをおおうto cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
- 耳覆いみみおおいearflaps; earmuffs
- 覆いかくすおおいかくすto mask; to cover
- 覆いかぶさるおおいかぶさるto hang over; to cover
- 覆いかぶせるおおいかぶせるto cover up with something
- 覆いつくすおおいつくすto cover fully; to wrap around
- 覆い尽くすおおいつくすto cover fully; to wrap around
- 覆い被さるおおいかぶさるto hang over; to cover
- 覆い被せるおおいかぶせるto cover up with something
- 覆い隠すおおいかくすto mask; to cover
- 覆われおおわれcover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)
- 貝覆いかいおおいkai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game
- 雨覆いあまおおいtarpaulin; rain-cover
- 霧に覆われるきりにおおわれるto be enveloped in mist
- 顔を覆うかおをおおうto cover one's face
Other readings
- 転覆てんぷくoverturning; capsizing
- 上覆うわおおいcover; covering
- 反覆はんぷくrepetition; iteration
- 同語反覆どうごはんぷくtautology
- 国家転覆こっかてんぷくsubversion (of the state)
- 日覆ひおおいsunshade; sunscreen
- 覆輪梔子ふくりんくちなしFukurin gardenia; Gardenia jasminoide
- 覆輪馬酔木ふくりんあせびPieris japonica; fukurin
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