补 (bǔ) — Chinese Character

补

bǔ

to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement

Radical: 衤 HSK 3 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

补 decomposes into the following components:

衤卜

Semantic component: 衤; phonetic component: 卜.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 补.

互补

hù bǔ

修补

xiū bǔ

候补

hòu bǔ

国补

guó bǔ

垫补

diàn bu

填补

tián bǔ

增补

zēng bǔ

弥补

mí bǔ

恶补

è bǔ

找补

zhǎo bu

抛补

pāo bǔ

抵补

dǐ bǔ

Characters that share the radical 衤.

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