备

See also: 備

备 U+5907, 备 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5907 ← 夆 [U+5906] CJK Unified Ideographs 夈 → [U+5908]

Translingual

Stroke order

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)

Derived characters

• 俻, 偹, 邍

Additional Derived Characters

• 𭈜, 𡍉, 𡞕, 𣓂, 𤗌, 𤙳, 𥓶, 𥺢, 𩏄, 𩜗, 𪌾(𱋚), 𠝘, 𰞲, 𨘡, 𨙅, 𮟦

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

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 (《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 and variant 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.