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Chinese symbol for “augment”

增补
zēng bǔ
Traditional: 增補
to augment; to supplement; to add

The closest CC-CEDICT match for augment is 增补 (zēng bǔ), defined as: to augment; to supplement; to add.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

增 zēng
to increase; to expand; to augment; to add
radical 32 ⼟ · 15 strokes
补 bǔ
to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “augment”

WordPinyinMeaning
增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
扩增 (擴增)kuò zēngto augment; to amplify
加jiāto add; (math.) plus
充实 (充實)chōng shírich; full
加添jiā tiānto add; to augment; to increase

Related words

Other words that share a character with 增补.

WordPinyinMeaning
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
增长 (增長)zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
增强 (增強)zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
新增xīn zēngto add (sth new); newly added; additional
增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
增设 (增設)zēng shèto add to existing facilities or services
补充 (補充)bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement
补偿 (補償)bǔ chángto compensate; to make up

See also: Japanese symbol for “augment”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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