补

See also: 補

补 U+8865, 补 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8865 ← 衤 [U+8864] CJK Unified Ideographs 衦 → [U+8866]

Translingual

Stroke order

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, 补, is the simplified form of 補.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.