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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “repair”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修理 | xiū lǐ | to repair; to fix |
| 整修 | zhěng xiū | to repair; to refurbish |
| 修好 | xiū hǎo | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with |
| 修葺 | xiū qì | to repair; to renovate |
| 缮 (繕) | shàn | to repair; to mend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 弥补 (彌補) | mí bǔ | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 填补 (填補) | tián bǔ | to 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.