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Chinese symbol for “replenish”

补充
bǔ chōng
Traditional: 補充
to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional

The closest CC-CEDICT match for replenish is 补充 (bǔ chōng), defined as: to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; 个 (gè).

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
充 chōng
to fill, to supply; to be full
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “replenish”

WordPinyinMeaning
添tiānto add; to increase; to replenish
续 (續)xùto continue; to replenish
补给 (補給)bǔ jǐsupply; replenishment
添补 (添補)tiān buto fill (up); to replenish
补满 (補滿)bǔ mǎnto make up for what is lacking; to fill (a vacancy)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 补充.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
充满 (充滿)chōng mǎnfull of; brimming with
充分chōng fènample; sufficient
充足chōng zúadequate; sufficient

See also: Japanese symbol for “replenish”.

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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