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Chinese symbol for “remedy”

补救
bǔ jiù
Traditional: 補救
to remedy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for remedy is 补救 (bǔ jiù), defined as: to remedy.

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Characters and stroke order

补 bǔ
to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes
救 jiù
aid, help; to rescue, to save
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “remedy”

WordPinyinMeaning
挽救wǎn jiùto save; to remedy
裨补 (裨補)bì bǔto remedy; to make up for

Related words

Other words that share a character with 补救.

WordPinyinMeaning
补充 (補充)bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement
补偿 (補償)bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
补助 (補助)bǔ zhùto subsidize; subsidy
补贴 (補貼)bǔ tiēto subsidize; subsidy
弥补 (彌補)mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
填补 (填補)tián bǔto fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form)
拯救zhěng jiùto save; to rescue
救援jiù yuánto save; to support

See also: Japanese symbol for “remedy”.

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.