# 複 complicated or compound

(ducky) + (dork!) Same-ON
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## Onyomi

FUKU |

## Mnemonic

| The dorky ducky was wearing very complicated FUKU (服). All corsets on its wings, all garters on its webbed feet.

## Jukugo

複雑(ふくざつ) な | complicated ★★★☆☆ 複 (complicated or compound) + 雑 (miscellaneous , random) = 複雑 (complicated) complicated; having multiple things that make it complex.
複数形(ふくすうけい) | plural ★★☆☆☆ 複数 (multiple) + 形 (form) = 複数形 (plural) Plural - in English ! . . .The Japanese language doesn't really have a word for 'plural,' but Japanese use 複数形 to describe English plurals. So you'll need this word to correct your Japanese friends' frequent grammar boners. "Look at the deers!" "Deer doesn't have 複数形、, Yoshio。 3 deer is still 'deer'." "チクショウ！”
複数(ふくすう) | multiple ☆☆☆☆☆ 複 (complicated or compound) + 数 (integer, to count) = 複数 (multiple) multiple (causes of the disease / reasons for the decision / effects of the medicine)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
傷 | wound | PERSON | 人
腹 | entrails | ORGAN | 月
複 | complicated or compound | DUCKY |
復 | return or re-do | GO | 行

The PERSON has a wound,

in the ORGAN of her entrails.

The DUCKY wrote a physics paper which was too complicated,

so we have to GO back and redo it.

## Synonyms

copy, look like 写す 複写 真似る 似る