补
Meaning
- to repair
- to patch
- to mend
Example sentence
请你补交作业。
Please submit the homework.
The character 补
补 is 衤, clothing, beside 卜: patching a garment. To mend, and then to make up what is missing — 补充 to supplement, 补课 to catch up a missed lesson, 补钱 to pay the difference.