Memory phrase for the Kanji: 補


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Meaning

supplement, assist, supply, make good

Pronunciation

HO
oginau

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

With clothes you begin providing supplements.

Radicals

clothingThe radical koromo is often used in a simplified stroke count as .
to start, begin
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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