備

See also: 备 and 僃

備 U+2F809, 備 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F809 ← 偺 [U+2F808] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 僧 → [U+2F80A]

Translingual

Traditional	備
Simplified	备
Japanese	備
Korean	備

Han character

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

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		備
simp.		备

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *brɯɡs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 𤰈 ().

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 備

1. to prepare
2. to provide
3. to put in order
4. to complete perfection
5. completeness

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Japanese

Kanji

備

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. equip, provision

Readings

• 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); そなえ (sonae)
• Nanori: そなう (sonau); そなわる (sonawaru); 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

• 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

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

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Korean

Hanja

備 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

備: Hán Nôm readings: bị, bẹ, bợ, vựa

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