Chinese symbol for “complementary”
互补
hù bǔ
Traditional: 互補
complementary; to complement each other
The closest CC-CEDICT match for complementary is 互补 (hù bǔ), defined as: complementary; to complement each other.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “complementary”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 互补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 互相 | hù xiāng | each other; mutually |
| 相互 | xiāng hù | each other; mutual |
| 互动 (互動) | hù dòng | to interact; interactive |
| 互助 | hù zhù | to help each other |
| 交互 | jiāo hù | mutual; interactive |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 补助 (補助) | bǔ zhù | to subsidize; subsidy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “complementary”.
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.