bèi
prepare
Simplified form of 備. Depicts preparing a container for arrows to equip oneself for battle.
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Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
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