备

See also: 備

Translingual

Traditional	備
Simplified	备
Japanese	備
Korean	備

Han character

备 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹水田 (HEW), composition ⿱夂田)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 244, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15347
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 869, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5907

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 俻 (elimination of 亻), a variant of 備. Officially adopted as the simplified form of 備 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme ((deprecated template usage) 《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 备 – see 備 (“to prepare; to provide or prepare against; to take precautions against; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 備).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.