候补
hòu​bǔ

alternate

候 hou, hòu wait

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 矦 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

矦
矦 Sound component
hóu target (archery)
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 矦 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuwH[g]ˤ(r)o-s wait upon

說文解字

《說文》：“，伺望也。从人，矦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

补 bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

補 bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpuX[Cə]-pˤaʔ to patch

說文解字

《說文》：“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)