补
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
补
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卜
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衤
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Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.
补 character breakdown
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
卜
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丨
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丶
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Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.
Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
the left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1]
Characters with 补 as component
补
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 补
to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness
(engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时[shang1 ting2 bu3 shi2]) injury time
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture)
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
Sentences with 补
补 currently does not appear in any sentence.