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補 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「衤」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「衤」
On
ホほ · ho
Kun
おぎな(う)ogina(u)
Meaning
to supplement; make up for

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

衤 "clothing" plus 甫 "to help"; patching a tear in a garment — hence "to supplement, make up for."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホほho補欠ほけつ補充ほじゅう候補こうほ
Kunおぎなうoginau補うおぎなう補いおぎない

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 補助ほじょ

    assistance; subsidy

  • 候補こうほ

    candidate

More words with this kanji

  • 補佐ほさ
  • 補塡ほてん
  • 裨補ひほ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

足(た)りない分(ぶん)を絵(え)で補(おぎな)った。

I made up the missing part with a picture.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

候補補助補候climat…助help衫a thin…衿collar衲a patc…袂a slee…衵an inn…甫for th…怖fright…歩to wal…咐to ins…保to kee…
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Compound

Map of radical 衤Map of reading ホAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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