Kanji1 / 12
補 kanji
supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ホ
Kun readings
おぎなう
Words with 補
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —補填covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
- —補整adjust (by supplementing)
- —補講supplementary lecture; supplementary lesson; extra classes
- —補職appointment to an official post; assignment
- —転補changing (governmental) posts
- —填補making up (a deficit, loss, etc.); covering; compensation; supplementation; replenishment
- —試補probationer
- —増補extending (e.g. a book); augmenting; enlarging; supplementing
- —補筆retouch; correction; improvement
- —補論addendum
- —補作adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner
- —補選special election; by-election; bye-election
- —補説supplementary explanation; supplementary information
- —追補supplement; appendix; addendum
- —補法revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)
- —補薬adjuvant; revitalizing stimulant (in Chinese medicine)
- —補体complement (blood proteins)
- —補殺assist
- —親補special imperial appointment
- —補水rehydration; supply of water