Chinese Character 补 Meanings and components.

Form

补

Meaning

补 meaning[3] in English

To Repair.

To Patch.

To Mend.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 补 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are the left-radical form … (衤) , and surname Bu (卜)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with LY

How to write 补

To write补bu3to repair you should write a combination of 衤yi1the left-radical … , 卜bo5surname Bu arranged in a 吅 shape:

衤 + 卜 = 补

补 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 补 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 补, looks as follow:

补
Pinyin:bu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Repair . To Patch . To Mend . To Make Up For . To Fill (A Vacancy) . To Supplement
衤
Pinyin:yi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: The Left-Radical Form Of Kangxi Radical 145, 衣[Yi1]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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