noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. covering (a loss, deficit, etc.), making up (for), compensating (for), supplementation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
補填 ほてん
 
 
補てん ほてん
補塡 ほてん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

supplement, supply, make good
ホ おぎな.う (6th, N2)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
fill in
テン は.まる チン
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
true, reality, Buddhist sect
シン ま まっ (3rd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
tool, utensil, means
グ そな.える つぶさ.に (3rd, N3)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)