备

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See also: 備
备 U+5907, 备
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5907
← 夆
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夈 →

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
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)

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).
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