Primary radical
亻 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 伏.
亻 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 伏.
伏 is decomposed as ⿰亻犬.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 7-9 · up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9 · to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
HSK 7-9 · to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
HSK 7-9 · to hide; to cover up; to conceal
生活中有高低起伏。
Shēng huó zhōng yǒu gāo dī qǐ fú。In life there are ups and downs.
to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
伏 has 6 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
亻 is the radical in 伏. It is the person side radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.
此起彼伏 (cǐqǐ-bǐfú): up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc); 埋伏 (máifú): to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush; 起伏 (qǐfú): to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs.