補

supplement; supply; make good; offset; compensate; assistant; learner

12 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 332.

Readings

• ホ (on reading): 候補 (こうほ) candidate; 立候補 (りっこうほ) candidacy
• おぎなう (kun reading): 補う (おぎなう) to supplement; 補い合う (おぎないあう) to complement

Components

• 衤
• 甫
• 丶 radical dot
• 十 radical ten
• 初 radical clothes, left-side form of 衣
• 用 radical use

Words using 補

• 候補 (こうほ) candidate
• 立候補 (りっこうほ) candidacy
• 候補者 (こうほしゃ) candidate
• 補給 (ほきゅう) supply
• 補助 (ほじょ) assistance
• 補う (おぎなう) to supplement
• 補い合う (おぎないあう) to complement
• 補い (おぎない) replenishment
• 欠を補う (けつをおぎなう) to bridge a gap
• 短を補う (たんをおぎなう) to remedy one's defects
• 補す (ふす) to appoint

279 words in all.

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