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補 = 甫 + 衤
補 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “supplement”. It is built from 甫 (dog-tag) and 衤 (cloak). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1983.
- Keyword
- supplement
- RTK frame
- 1983
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ホ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おぎな.う
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- дополнение
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 補 mend
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 補 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dog-tag” + “cloak”. 補 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 補 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.