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備

備 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

equip, provision, preparation

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ビElem.
Kun (native)
  • そな(える)Elem.
  • そな(わる)Elem.
  • つぶさ(に)
Nanori (used in names)
  • びっ
  • びん
Other languages
  • 拼音bei4
  • 한글bi
  • Hán-ViệtBị

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5099

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻𤰇

Words using this kanji

  • 備蓄びちく備え蓄えること。 災害、恐慌などの非常時を想定して資金や食料などを確保しておくこと。stocking up (in case of emergency), stockpile, reserves, storing
  • 備えるそなえるそなえる 参照to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install
  • 備えそなえ「そなえ」の漢字表記。preparation, provision, arrangements, defenses
  • 備わるそなわるそなわるを参照。to be furnished with, to be provided with, to be equipped with, to be possessed of
  • 備考びこう参考としてつけくわえることがら。note (for reference), remarks, N.B.
  • 備え付けるそなえつけるto provide, to furnish, to equip, to install
  • 備品びひん官庁・学校などに備え付けてある品物。equipment, fixtures, furnishings, fittings
  • 備え付けそなえつけequipment, provision
  • 備荒びこう凶作や天災に対して備えること。provision for famine
  • 備砲びほう軍艦などに備えられた大砲。armament
  • 備忘びぼう忘れたときのためにあらかじめ用意しておくこと。reminder
  • 備長びんちょう備長炭の略。binchō charcoal
  • 備中びっちゅう旧国名の一つ。備中国。 岡山県にあった地名。。Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
  • 備前びぜん旧国名の一つ。備前国。 岡山県にある地名。備前市。Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
  • 備後びんご旧国名。山陽道に位置する。備後国。現在の広島県東半分。Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
  • 備州びしゅう吉備国又はそれを分割した備前国と備中国と備後国をあわせて、もしくはこのうちいずれか一国を指して呼ぶ名称。備前国から分国後の美作国も該当する場合もある。Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)
  • 備後表びんごおもてhigh quality tatami covering made with soft rush from Hiroshima Prefecture
  • 備荒食びこうしょくemergency food
  • 備蓄米びちくまい凶作に備え政府が備蓄している米。stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions), reserved rice
  • 備忘録びぼうろく忘れることに備えて用件などを書きとめておく帳面。メモ。notebook, memorandum, commonplace book

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-10
Four Corner
2422.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a10.4
Heisig
1267
Nelson
519