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复古

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Pīnyīn
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to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *复* | 复* | *复
9画
return; repeat; repeatedly
8040.7
OAHE
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *古* | 古* | *古
5画
old, classic, ancient
4060.0
JR

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
variant of 復|复 / to reply to a letter
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
surname Gu
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-