Memory phrase for the character: 补

补

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Meaning to repair, to patch, to mend, supplement

Pronunciation

bǔ

Explanation

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: fortune telling 卜 (here: image of a needle with a thread (cf. 针)

Mnemonic
 
For the clothes, take a needle to repair.

Radicals

衣 clothes
卜 oracle, mysticismThis radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.
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 Vocabulary

补阙拾遗 bǔ quē shí yí  to compensate for shortage and leakage
补泻 bǔ xiè  reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture)
弥补 mí bǔ  to complement; to make up for a deficiency
补贴 bǔ tiē  to subsidize; subsidy; allowance
补偿 bǔ cháng  to compensate; to make up
补充 bǔ chōng  to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary
补助 bǔ zhù  (financial) subsidy; allowance
补助 bǔ zhù  
补助 bǔ zhù  

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