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
- —補数の底complement base
- —補数演算complementary operation
- —補数回路complementer
- —水分補給hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
- —左記補足following supplements; supplementary information below
- —災害補償accident compensation
- —補助用言auxiliary inflecting word; in Japanese, auxiliary verbs and adjectives
- —補酵素Ｑcoenzyme Q
- —補酵素Ａcoenzyme A
- —相補分布complementary distribution
- —補助元帳subsidiary ledger
- —補助機関auxiliary engine
- —補欠選手spare player; substitute; sub; benchwarmer
- —補償光学adaptive optics (esp. in a telescope)
- —補助記号supplementary symbol (number, punctuation, etc.)
- —補助符号supplementary symbol (number, punctuation, etc.)
- —対立候補rival candidate; opposing candidate
- —補瀉温涼supplementation, causing bowel movements, heating, and cooling (four main treatments of traditional Chinese medicine)
- —補給基地supply base; storage depot
- —管理補佐administrative assistant