补 補
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 補, the traditional character: 补 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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一个完完全全的不及物动词既没有补语，又没有宾语。
A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.
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你必须弥补损失。
You must make up for the loss.
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您对我说的话有什么要补充的吗？
Would you like to add anything to what I've said?
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您必须弥补损失。
You must make up for the loss.
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我必须弥补损失。
I must make up for the loss.
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补一下这条裙子要多少钱？
How much will it cost to mend this skirt?
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这以后要经常锻炼，我买了点补药给你吃吃看。
From now on, you should exercise regularly. I bought some health supplements for you to try.