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Choosing Mnemonics

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補

bǔ = bu + Ø3

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

Add a new mnemonic for 补 = 卜 + 衤

Add a new mnemonic for 補 = 衤 + 甫

補 character breakdown

補
- 衤
  - 礻
    - 丶
    - ㇇
    - 卜
      - 丨
      - 丶
  - 丿
- 甫
  - 丶
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 月
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - 二
      - 一

Component Translations

yī = y + Ø1

the left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1]

Add a new mnemonic for 衤 = 礻 + 丿

fǔ = fu + Ø3

(classical) barely / just / just now

Add a new mnemonic for 甫 = 丶 + 十 + 月

Characters with 補 as component

補 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 補

lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

complementary / to complement each other

not be without some advantage / be of some help

Sentences with 補

補 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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