补
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
补
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卜
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衤
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Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.
补 character breakdown
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
卜
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丨
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丶
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Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.
Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
the left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1]
Characters with 补 as component
补
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 补
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
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
Sentences with 补
补 currently does not appear in any sentence.