Chinese symbol for “darn”
缝补
féng bǔ
Traditional: 縫補
to darn (clothing); to sew and mend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for darn is 缝补 (féng bǔ), defined as: to darn (clothing); to sew and mend.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “darn”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缝补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裂缝 (裂縫) | liè fèng | crack; crevice |
| 缝隙 (縫隙) | fèng xì | small crack; chink |
| 裁缝 (裁縫) | cái féng | to make an item of clothing; to tailor |
| 无缝 (無縫) | wú fèng | seamless |
| 缝合 (縫合) | féng hé | to sew together; suture (in surgery) |
| 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 “darn”.
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.