bǔ
mend, patch
Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 补
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to repair | ||
to compensate | ||
to replenish | ||
to complement | ||
subsidy |
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