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補

補

See also: 补

Translingual

Han character

補 (radical 145 衣+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十月 (LIJB), four-corner 33227, composition ⿰衤甫)

  1. mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

References

  • KangXi: page 1117, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34320
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1583, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3093, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+88DC

Chinese

trad. 補
simp. 补

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
豧 *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛 *baːɡs, *baɡ
逋 *paː
餔 *paː, *baːs
晡 *paː
庯 *paː
陠 *paː, *pʰaː
鵏 *paː, *baːs
峬 *paː
誧 *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿 *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆 *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補 *paːʔ
圃 *paːʔ, *paːs
鋪 *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡 *pʰaː, *pʰa
浦 *pʰaːʔ
烳 *pʰaːʔ
溥 *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑 *pʰaːs
酺 *baː
匍 *baː
蜅 *baː, *paʔ
脯 *baː, *paʔ
葡 *baː
蒱 *baː
蒲 *baː
簿 *baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕 *baːs
哺 *baːs
簠 *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫 *paʔ
黼 *paʔ
莆 *paʔ
俌 *paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙 *paʔ, *pʰa
傅 *paɡs
搏 *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱 *pʰa
尃 *pʰa
榑 *ba
輔 *baʔ
鬴 *baʔ
賻 *baɡs
博 *paːɡ
髆 *paːɡ
鎛 *paːɡ
猼 *paːɡ
餺 *paːɡ
簙 *paːɡ
鑮 *paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂 *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪 *pʰaːɡ
膊 *pʰaːɡ
薄 *baːɡ
礡 *baːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 補
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 博古切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /puoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /puoX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /poX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pɔX/
Li
Rong		 /poX/
Wang
Li		 /puX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /puoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 補
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ puX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[Cə]-pˤaʔ/
English to patch

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 補
Reading # 1/1
No. 3420
Phonetic
component		 甫
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 補
Old
Chinese		 /*paːʔ/

Verb

補

  1. to mend; to repair; to fix
    補衫 / 补衫 [Cantonese]  ―  bou2 saam1 [Jyutping]  ―  to mend clothes
  2. to make up for a deficiency
    補鈣 / 补钙  ―  bǔgài  ― 

Compounds

  • 補丁／补丁
  • 補上／补上
  • 補交／补交
  • 補休／补休
  • 補假／补假
  • 補偏救弊／补偏救弊
  • 補償／补偿 (bǔcháng)
  • 補償貿易／补偿贸易
  • 補充／补充 (bǔchōng)
  • 補助／补助 (bǔzhù)
  • 補助貨幣／补助货币
  • 補台／补台
  • 補品／补品 (bǔpǐn)
  • 補回來／补回来
  • 補報／补报
  • 補差／补差
  • 補情／补情
  • 補情兒／补情儿
  • 補救／补救 (bǔjiù)

Japanese

Kanji

補

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

補 • ‎(bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po, Yale po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

補 (bổ, bó, bỏ, bõ, bủa, bù, vỏ, bồ)

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