| Kanji | 補 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ホ |
| Kunyomi | おぎな.う |
| English | supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner |
| Examples | 候補(こうほ): (1) candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list (2) candidacy; candidature; nomination 補助(ほじょ): (1) assistance; support; aid; help (2) subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid (3) auxiliary; subsidiary (4) spot (in bodybuilding) 補償(ほしょう): compensation; reparation 補給(ほきゅう): supply; supplying; replenishment 補強(ほきょう): compensation; reinforcement 補充(ほじゅう): (1) supplementation; supplement; replenishment; replenishing; replacement; refilling (2) to replace; to refill; to replenish 補足(ほそく): supplement; complement 補う(おぎなう): to compensate for; to supplement |
| JLPT Level | 2 |
| Jouyou Grade | 6 |
| Frequency | 332 |
| Components | 衣: garment; clothes; dressing 甫: for the first time; not until |
| Number of Strokes | 12 |
| Kanji Radical | 衣 |
| Radical Number | 145 |
| Radical Strokes | 6 |
| Radical Reading | ころも・ころもへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | supplement |
| Koohii Story 1 | I usually hear supplement in "dietry supplement". So you´re given a cloak for extra fibre and dogtags for extra iron. Keeps you regular and stops you feeling tired and run-down. |
| Koohii Story 2 | The name and number printed on a soldier´s cloak is a supplement to his main I.D. tag; his dog-tag, in helping identify the soldier. |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade6, kanjifreq251-500
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