複

Meaning

複 centers on things that are not single: something doubled, duplicated, or made of multiple parts. The idea of a compound or complex whole grows naturally from that sense of layered multiplicity.

• 複数ふくすう
  N2

  plural; multiple

• 複雑ふくざつ
  N4

  complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

• 重複ちょうふく
  N1

  duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration

• 複合ふくごう
  N1

  composite; combined; complex

• 複ふく

  compound; composite; multiple; re-; bi-

• 複製ふくせい

  reproduction; duplication; reprinting

• 複写ふくしゃ
  N2

  copying; duplication; reproduction; copy

• 複素数ふくそすう

  complex number

• 複素ふくそ

  complex

• 複数個ふくすうこ

  multitude

• 複線ふくせん

  double track; two-track line

• 単複たんぷく

  simplicity and complexity; singular and plural; single and double; singles and doubles (in tennis)

• 複眼ふくがん

  compound eye

• 複利ふくり

  compound interest

• 複式ふくしき

  double-entry (e.g. bookkeeping)

• 複々線ふくふくせん

  four-track rail line (two in each direction); quadruple railway track

• 複葉ふくよう

  compound leaf; multifoliate leaf

• 複合語ふくごうご

  compound word; compound term

• 複雑さふくざつさ

  complexity

• 複写機ふくしゃき

  photocopier; photocopying machine

Explore all words using 複 →