U+8865 "补" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
补
U+8865 "补" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the radical for "clothing" on the left and the phonetic component "卜" on the right, and it primarily means "to mend," "to supplement," or "to nourish" in modern Mandarin. Its usage spans a wide range of contexts, from literally repairing torn fabric to figuratively making up for a deficiency or providing nutritional support in terms like "补充" (bǔchōng, to supplement) and "补药" (bǔyào, tonic medicine). Historically, the character derives from a form depicting stitching or patching cloth, which aligns with its core semantic field of restoration and enhancement.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8865 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 补 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 补 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA1 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8865 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008865 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8865 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 232D64 |
| kCangjie | LY |
| kCantonese | bou2 |
| kDefinition | mend, patch, fix, repair, restore |
| kEACC | 275762 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3320 |
| kGB0 | 1825 |
| kHanYu | 53074.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bǔ(141) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53074.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1111.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3239 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9C7C |
| kTGH | 2013:888 |
| kKangXi | 1111.061 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5943 |
| kMandarin | bǔ |
| kPhonetic | 386 1094 |
| kRSUnicode | 145.2 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "补" U+8865 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 627.01 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 028.150:bǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "补" U+8865 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "補" U+88DC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0086.040:bǔ |