Character: 補
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: pāʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pā́
Western Han Chinese: pā́
Eastern Han Chinese: pā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: pṓ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pṓ
Late Postclassic Chinese: pṓ
Middle Chinese: pó
English meaning : to mend, repair
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пополнить; укомплектовать; дополнительный; 2) возместить; уплатить; 3) занять вакансию; 4) укрепить; поддержать; 5) починить, залатать; заштопать; заплата; исправить
Comments: A later meaning is 'to appoint (to an office or post)' (reflected in Sino-Viet.). A later meaning in Chinese is 'to compensate for, make up', reflected in a (probably quite late) Viet. loanword bù id.
Radical: 145
Four-angle index: 3650
Karlgren code: 0102 |c ́
Vietnamese reading: bô`
Jianchuan Bai: pu1
Dali Bai: pu1
Bijiang Bai: pü1
