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補

Supplement
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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Kun readingおぎな.う

Verbs with «補»

補う補償する補給する補完する補足する補助する補正する補充する

Meanings

  1. supplementRtK
  2. supply
  3. make good
  4. offset
  5. compensate
  6. assistant
  7. learner
  1. assistant ...
  2. probationary ...

Popular Usage

候補補う

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cloak · dog-tag · arrowhead · screwdriver · utilize · utilise

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1983

Compound words

テレビと新聞は互いの機能を補完しあっている。ほかん
Television and newspapers play complementary roles.tatoeba
彼は昼寝をして睡眠不足を補おうとした。
He tried to make up for his lack of sleep by taking a nap.tatoeba
彼は知恵の足りないのを力で補った。
What he lacked in wit, he made up for in energy.tatoeba
彼は大統領候補者に指名された。
He was nominated for the presidency.tatoeba
彼は大統領に立候補するだろう。
He is going to run for the Presidency.tatoeba
景観的には正真木を補う形となる。
They are also used to supplement shoshinboku within the vista.wiki
注:原文にはない濁点を一部補う。
Note: Partly added voicing marks which do not exist in the original sentences.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

インク補充して。
いんくほじゅうして。Refill the ink.
さらなる補強をして攻撃力の強化につなげていく
さらなるほきょうをしてこうげきりょくのきょうかにつなげていくWe'll strengthen our reinforcements and boost our offensive power.
あれだけチーム補強にお金使ったのに、スタメンが昨年と同じ
あれだけちーむほきょうにおかねつかったのに、すためんがさくねんとおなじDespite spending so much money on team reinforcements, the starting lineup is the same as last year.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Supplement. 衤 (clothing) + 甫 — patching clothes. 候補 — candidate.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 補

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step