Read Edit View history Discussion 補 bǔ HSK3 mend, patch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 补 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 衤 is a component form of 衣. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 補 Simp strokes 補 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 補 Simp strokes 補 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 補 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 311, 811 ], [ 398, 762 ], [ 417, 733 ] ], [ [ 95, 508 ], [ 147, 498 ], [ 240, 530 ], [ 326, 571 ], [ 349, 574 ], [ 367, 568 ], [ 343, 502 ], [ 251, 357 ], [ 152, 246 ], [ 75, 183 ] ], [ [ 299, 381 ], [ 305, 326 ], [ 288, 79 ], [ 291, 13 ] ], [ [ 452, 439 ], [ 422, 440 ], [ 400, 404 ], [ 390, 393 ], [ 382, 393 ] ], [ [ 350, 383 ], [ 404, 346 ], [ 424, 315 ] ], [ [ 487, 589 ], [ 511, 582 ], [ 564, 582 ], [ 699, 602 ], [ 878, 641 ], [ 921, 640 ] ], [ [ 480, 467 ], [ 506, 444 ], [ 516, 392 ], [ 510, 231 ], [ 486, 68 ] ], [ [ 533, 460 ], [ 556, 451 ], [ 807, 501 ], [ 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