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
- —裨補support; supplement; help
- —補動subsidiary verb (in Japanese); auxiliary verb
- —補用replacement; spare; extra
- —補機auxiliary machinery (of a ship, aircraft, etc.)
- —候補生cadet
- —候補地proposed site; site chosen
- —全候補all candidates
- —相補性complementarity; complementation
- —補助金subsidy; grant; subvention
- —補償金compensation payment; reparation
- —補助翼aileron
- —判事補assistant judge; judge-in-training
- —補充兵reservist; recruit
- —補給路supply route; supply road; communications (military)
- —警部補assistant inspector
- —書記補assistant clerk
- —補強筋reinforcement bar
- —補佐役assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
- —補給線supply line
- —補佐官aide