补

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See also: 補
补 U+8865, 补
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8865
← 衤
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衦 →

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

补 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中卜 (LY), composition ⿰衤卜)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1111, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3074, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8865

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 補 (甫 → 卜), with a simpler yet more apparent phonetic component. Officially adopted as the simplified form of 補 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 补 – see 補 (“to mend; to repair; to fix; to compensate; to recompense; to make up for; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 補).
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