覆

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) to cover
 * 2) to tip over; to overturn; to flip over
 * 3)  to pour out
 * 4) to return (simplifies to )
 * 5) to reply (simplifies to )
 * 6) to destroy; to overturn; to perish
 * 7) again
 * 8)  to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's body on a surface
 * 9)  to press close to; to nestle up against
 * 1) to destroy; to overturn; to perish
 * 2) again
 * 3)  to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's body on a surface
 * 4)  to press close to; to nestle up against
 * 1) again
 * 2)  to lie on one's stomach; to rest one's body on a surface
 * 3)  to press close to; to nestle up against
 * 1)  to press close to; to nestle up against

Usage notes
覆 was always simplified to in 1964-1986, but now it still simplifies to  only in the meaning of "to return/reply". So words like, and  still simplify to ,  and  in Simplified Chinese respectively. But in other meanings, 覆 no longer simplifies to, e.g. , , , ,.

Kanji

 * 1) capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined

Readings
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From ; compare 🇨🇬:

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From native roots:

Hanja