补 bǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
补
bǔ
to mend; to make up
Character
Example phrases
- 我补衣服。 Wǒ bǔ yīfu. I mend clothes.
- 他补作业。 Tā bǔ zuòyè. He makes up his homework.
- 妈妈补裤子。 Māma bǔ kùzi. Mom mends the pants.