補

Information about character(s)

Radical: 衣
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 补

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bǔ
Cantonese: bou2
JapaneseKun: OGINAU
JapaneseOn: HO
Korean: PO
Vietnamese: bổ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

CE-Dict: to repair/to patch/to mend/to make up for/to fill (a vacancy)/to supplement

Soothill: To patch, repair, restore; tonic; translit. pu (पु), po (पो), cf. 富, 弗, 佛, 布.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to mend; to patch; to repair
2.to supply; to make up for
3.to nourish; to take a tonic or nourishing food
4.help; benefit; use

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: complement - 數

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: fill; mend; patch
【計】 complementation
【醫】 tonic
【經】 revamp

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: fill; mend; patch; repair

湘雅醫學專業詞典: reinforce

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《衣部》補完衣也。从衣甫聲。　

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【衣字部】補
〔古文〕𢒏【唐韻】【正韻】博古切【集韻】【韻會】彼五切，𠀤音圃。【說文】完衣也。【急就篇註】修破謂之補。【詩·大雅】袞職有闕，惟仲山甫補之。　又助也。【周禮·秋官·小行人】若國札䘮，則令賻補之。　又益也。【前漢·董仲舒傳】凡所爲屑屑，夙興夜寐，務法上古者，又將無補與。　又數也。【韻會】十兆曰經，十經曰垓，十垓曰補。　又邑名。【鄭語】鄢、蔽、補、丹、依、㽥、歷、莘，君之土也。【註】八邑也。　又姓。【通志·氏族略】補氏。【正字通】唐中常侍補眞。㽥字比照考証蔽字條改正。

CF-Dict: réparer/rapiécer/combler/suppléer/compléter/tonifier/fortifier/avantage

Han-De-Dict: ausbessern, ergänzen, flicken (u.E.) (V)