Memory phrase for the Kanji: 補

補

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Meaning supplement, assist, supply, make good

Pronunciation

HO
oginau

Explanation

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: begin 甫 (The hand takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)

Mnemonic
 
With clothes you begin providing supplements.

Radicals

衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.
甫 to start, begin
用 useThe radical mochiiru shows originally the picture of a fence.
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 Vocabulary

補正 ほせい  revision, correction
候補 こうほ  candidacy
補う おぎなう  to compensate for
補償 ほしょう  compensation, reparation
補充 ほじゅう  supplementation, supplement, replenishment, replenishing
補助 ほじょ  assistance, support, aid, auxiliary
補強 ほきょう  compensation, reinforcement
補給 ほきゅう  supply, supplying, replenishment
補足 ほそく  supplement, complement

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