HSK 3 · Clear & Obvious

复杂

fù zá

complicated

Stroke order of 复杂

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

复 · 9 strokes杂 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

Clothes (衤) layered again and again (复) with mixed-up (杂) bits become complicated.

Parts: 复 repeat, again; 杂 mixed (九 + 木 in old form)

Example sentence

这个问题很复杂。

This problem is very complicated.

Words with 复

重复to repeat 复习to review; to revise 复印to photocopy 反复repeatedly

Words with 杂

More words: Clear & Obvious

明确clear; to clarify 明显obvious 显然obviously 显得to appear; to seem 看起来to look; it seems 看上去to look; it seems 表面surface 表明to show; to make clear 具体specific; concrete 简单simple 容易easy; likely 困难difficulty; difficult 难度degree of difficulty 麻烦trouble; troublesome; to bother

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