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備
備
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Translingual
Han character
備 (radical 9 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人廿竹月 (OTHB), four-corner 24227, composition ⿰亻𤰇 (GT) or ⿰亻⿱卄⿸厂用 (JK))
References
- KangXi: page 113, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 967
- Dae Jaweon: page 241, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 200, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5099
Chinese
| trad. | 備 | |
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| simp. | 备 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 備
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (備) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 憊 | *brɯːɡs |
| 韛 | *brɯːɡs |
| 備 | *brɯɡs |
| 俻 | *brɯɡs |
| 鞴 | *brɯɡs, *baːɡs, *bɯɡ |
| 糒 | *brɯɡs |
| 犕 | *brɯɡs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: pei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
- IPA (key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bei6
- Yale: beih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei6
- IPA (key): /pei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 備 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 平祕切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/bˠiɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bᵚiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/biɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/bjiH/ |
| Li Rong |
/bjiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/biH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 備 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bèi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ bijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[b]rək-s/ |
| English | complete (adj.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 備 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 426 |
| Phonetic component |
備 |
| Rime group |
代 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
備 |
| Old Chinese |
/*brɯɡs/ |
Definitions
備
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Compounds
Derived terms from 備
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Japanese
Kanji
備
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Readings
- Goon: び (bi)
- Kan’on: ひ (hi) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kun: そなえる (sonaeru), そなわる (sonawaru), そなえ (sonae)
- Nanori: そなう (sonau), そなわる (sonawaru), たる (taru), とも (tomo), なが (naga), なり (nari), のぶ (nobu), まさ (masa), みつ (mitsu), みな (mina), よ (yo), よし (yoshi), より (yori)
Compounds
- 備蓄 (bichiku, “emergency stores”)
- 備品 (bihin, “fixtures”)
- 準備 (junbi, “preparation”)
- 装備 (sōbi, “equipment”)
Korean
Hanja
備 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
備 (bị, bẹ, bợ, vựa)
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