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補

bǔ

mend, patch

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components
衤 meaning component

衤  Meaning component

yī

  

clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫 sound component

甫  Sound component

fǔ

  

begin

Evolution

補 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
補 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
補 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
補 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
補 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

补 (補) 

bǔ

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

Most common words with 補
Freq.
Word
Meaning

补

to repair

补偿

to compensate

补充

to replenish

弥补

to complement

补贴

subsidy

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[Cə]-pˤaʔ

puX

bǔ

to patch


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 35.5598% of movies

1160th most common character in movies

944th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

补

Unicode

U+88DC

Shuowen

“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”


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