Memory phrase for the character: 補
補
Meaning
supplement, assist, supply, make good Pronunciation HO ogina u Explanation Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: begin 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨and an object 丶)
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Clothes are the objects for the upper body for providing its supplement. Radicals
衣
clothing The radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form as 巾.
甫
to start, begin
用
use The radical mochiiru shows originally the picture of a fence.
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Vocabulary
補正 ほせい
revision, correction
7871
候補 こうほ
candidacy
613
補う おぎなう
to compensate for
5331
補償 ほしょう
compensation, reparation
5332
補充 ほじゅう
supplementation, supplement, replenishment, replenishing
5333
補助 ほじょ
assistance, support, aid, auxiliary
5334
補強 ほきょう
compensation, reinforcement
5335
補給 ほきゅう
supply, supplying, replenishment
5336
補足 ほそく
supplement, complement
5337
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