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Chinese symbol for “repair”

补
bǔ
Traditional: 補
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repair is 补 (bǔ), defined as: to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement.

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

补 bǔ
to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “repair”

WordPinyinMeaning
修理xiū lǐto repair; to fix
整修zhěng xiūto repair; to refurbish
修好xiū hǎoto repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with
修葺xiū qìto repair; to renovate
缮 (繕)shànto repair; to mend

Related words

Other words that share a character with 补.

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)

See also: Japanese symbol for “repair”.

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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