備

See also 备, and 僃

Translingual

Han character

備 (radical 9 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人廿竹月 (OTHB), four-corner 2422₇, composition ⿰亻𤰇)

1. prepare, ready, perfect

References

• KangXi: page 113, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 967
• Dae Jaweon: page 241, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 200, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5099

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Cantonese

Hanzi

備 (simplified 备, Yale bei6)

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Japanese

Kanji

備 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: び (bi)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru), そなわる (sonawaru), そなえ (sonae)

Compounds

• 備蓄 (びちく, bichiku)
• 備品 (びひん, bihin)
• 準備 (じゅんび, junbi)
• 装備 (そうび, sōbi)

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Korean

Hanja

備 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

備 (simplified 备, pinyin bèi (bei4), Wade-Giles pei⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

備 (bị, bẹ, bợ, vựa)