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备

bèi

prepare

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

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts two arrows.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a container for holding arrows.

Evolution

备 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
备 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
备 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

备 (備) 

bèi

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

备 (俻) 

bèi

variant of 備|备[bèi]

Most common words with 备
Freq.
Word
Meaning

准备

preparation

设备

equipment

装备

equipment

具备

to possess

备

to prepare

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 90.6776% of movies

284th most common character in movies

397th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

備

Unicode

U+5907


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