Chinese Character Wiki
備

bèi

prepare

Depicts a person (亻) preparing a container for arrows to equip himself for battle.

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts two arrows.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a container for holding arrows.

Evolution

備 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
備 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
備 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
備 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
備 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

备 (備) 

bèi

prepare, ready, perfect; to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip

Most common words with 備
Freq.
Word
Meaning

准备

preparation

设备

equipment

装备

equipment

具备

to possess

备

to prepare

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

憊

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]rək-s

bijH

bèi

complete (adj.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 90.6776% of movies

284th most common character in movies

397th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

备

Unicode

U+5099

Shuowen

“備，慎也。从人，聲。，古文備。”


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