備

See also: 备 and 僃

備	U+5099, 備 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5099

← 傘
[U+5098]

CJK Unified Ideographs

傚 →
[U+509A]

備	U+2F809, 備 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F809

← 偺
[U+2F808]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

僧 →
[U+2F80A]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional	備
Simplified	备
Japanese	備
Korean	備

Han character[edit]

備 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人廿竹月 (OTHB), four-corner 2422₇, composition ⿰亻𤰇 (GT) or ⿰亻⿱卄⿸厂用 (JK))

References[edit]

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

Unihan data for U+2F809

Chinese[edit]

trad.		備
simp.		备
alternative forms		俻僃𠈍 ancient

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 備

Shang

Western Zhou

Warring States

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Chu slip and silk script

Qin slip script

Ancient script

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Bronze inscriptions**
b12291	b12292	b12293	b12294	b12295

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L35726	L35727	L19650	L19651	L19652	L19653	L19654

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (備) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
憊	*brɯːɡs
韛	*brɯːɡs
備	*brɯɡs
俻	*brɯɡs
鞴	brɯɡs, baːɡs, *bɯɡ
糒	*brɯɡs
犕	*brɯɡs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *brɯɡs): semantic 亻 + phonetic 𤰈 ().

Originally a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *brɯɡs): semantic 亻 + phonetic 箙 (OC *bɯɡ).

Etymology[edit]

Area word; compare Burmese ပြင် (prang, “to get ready; to prepare”), Jingpho hpra (pʰraʔ³¹, “to complete”), Mon ပြေၚ် (“to prepare; to arrange for”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèi (bei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi
Jin (Wiktionary): bei³
Min Dong (BUC): bê
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pī

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): be (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶
  - Yale: beih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bei³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pei⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
  - Tâi-lô: pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: be (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥e̞²³/

Middle Chinese: /bˠiɪ^H/

Rime
Character	備
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	平祕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/biɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bji^H/
Li Rong	/bji^H/
Wang Li	/bi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]rək-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*brɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	備
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bèi
Middle Chinese	‹ bij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]rək-s/
English	complete (adj.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	備
Reading #	1/1
No.	426
Phonetic component	備
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	備
Old Chinese	/*brɯɡs/

Definitions[edit]

備

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 備

不備／不备 (bùbèi)
乘人不備／乘人不备
乘其不備／乘其不备
俱備／俱备
備件／备件 (bèijiàn)
備份／备份 (bèifèn)
備位／备位
備取／备取 (bèiqǔ)
備受好評／备受好评
備受威脅／备受威胁
備受矚目／备受瞩目
備受禮遇／备受礼遇
備品／备品 (bèipǐn)
備嘗憂患／备尝忧患
備嘗艱苦／备尝艰苦
備嘗辛苦／备尝辛苦
備妥／备妥
備安庫／备安库
備家／备家
備役／备役
備忘錄／备忘录 (bèiwànglù)
備悉／备悉
備戰／备战 (bèizhàn)
備料／备料 (bèiliào)
備查／备查 (bèichá)
備案／备案 (bèi'àn)
備注／备注
備用／备用 (bèiyòng)
備用品／备用品 (bèiyòngpǐn)
備用車胎／备用车胎
備禦／备御 (bèiyù)
備細／备细
備考／备考 (bèikǎo)
備而不用／备而不用 (bèi'érbùyòng)
備耕／备耕 (bèigēng)
備胎／备胎 (bèitāi)
備荒／备荒 (bèihuāng)
備補／备补
備言／备言 (bèiyán)
備註／备注 (bèizhù)
備詢／备询
備身府／备身府
備辦／备办 (bèibàn)
備陳／备陈
備馬／备马 (bèimǎ)
儲備／储备 (chǔbèi)
儲備幹部／储备干部
儲備銀行／储备银行 (chǔbèi yínháng)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

備

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

equip, provision

Readings[edit]

Go-on: び (bi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: そなえる (sonaeru, 備える, Jōyō); そなわる (sonawaru, 備わる, Jōyō); つぶさに (tsubusani, 備に)
Nanori: そなう (sonau); たる (taru); とも (tomo); なが (naga); なり (nari); のぶ (nobu); まさ (masa); みつ (mitsu); みな (mina); よ (yo); よし (yoshi); より (yori)

Compounds[edit]

備(び)蓄(ちく) (bichiku, “emergency stores”)
備(び)品(ひん) (bihin, “fixtures”)
準(じゅん)備(び) (junbi, “preparation”)
装(そう)備(び) (sōbi, “equipment”)

Usage notes[edit]

The printed form of this character typically differs from its handwritten form, with the latter nearly matching the Traditional Chinese form.

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

備 (eumhun 갖출 비 (gatchul bi))

Hanja form^? of 비 (“equip, provision”).

Compounds[edit]

준비 (準備, junbi, “preparation”)
비축 (備蓄, bichuk, “reserve”)