Chinese

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to repair; to patch; to mend
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
 
to finish; to be over; whole
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
 
trad. (補完)
simp. (补完)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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補完

  1. to complement

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (補完):
  • Japanese: ()(かん) (hokan)
  • Korean: 보완(補完) (bowan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
かん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(かん) (hokanほくわん (fokwan)?

  1. repair (of something incomplete); complementation

See also

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Verb

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()(かん)する (hokan suruほくわん (fokwan)?suru (stem ()(かん) (hokan shi), past ()(かん)した (hokan shita))

  1. to repair something that is incomplete; to complement

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN