Read Edit View history Discussion 备 bèi HSK1 prepare Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 備. Depicts preparing a container for arrows to equip oneself for battle. Pinyin Separate values with commas bèi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 備 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts two arrows. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 备 Simp strokes 备 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a container for holding arrows. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 备 Simp strokes 备 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 备 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 407, 814 ], [ 427, 791 ], [ 436, 765 ], [ 405, 719 ], [ 369, 669 ], [ 296, 587 ], [ 238, 532 ], [ 188, 497 ] ], [ [ 402, 665 ], [ 433, 678 ], [ 575, 706 ], [ 621, 701 ], [ 631, 686 ], [ 548, 546 ], [ 507, 494 ], [ 423, 410 ], [ 349, 354 ], [ 242, 293 ], [ 178, 271 ], [ 125, 262 ] ], [ [ 369, 590 ], [ 422, 574 ], [ 584, 449 ], [ 675, 391 ], [ 768, 347 ], [ 806, 338 ], [ 971, 355 ] ], [ [ 263, 276 ], [ 292, 263 ], [ 310, 235 ], [ 337, 45 ], [ 355, -15 ] ], [ [ 316, 278 ], [ 354, 270 ], [ 594, 309 ], [ 634, 310 ], [ 674, 295 ], [ 696, 271 ], [ 652, 47 ], [ 641, 20 ], [ 603, 26 ] ], [ [ 388, 139 ], [ 547, 164 ], [ 581, 166 ], [ 602, 160 ] ], [ [ 466, 269 ], [ 490, 247 ], [ 492, 213 ], [ 492, 73 ], [ 477, 53 ] ], [ [ 375, 9 ], [ 392, 18 ], [ 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Q 249 498 395 662 L 421 692 Z", "M 285 292 Q 420 365 522 474 L 546 503 Q 589 558 636 627 Q 654 652 680 669 Q 695 676 696 684 Q 696 697 669 715 Q 636 739 622 740 Q 612 740 600 733 Q 533 712 421 692 C 391 687 365 664 395 662 Q 462 653 560 685 Q 579 689 587 683 Q 591 679 571 636 Q 546 584 506 532 L 484 506 Q 345 341 127 268 Q 117 265 118 260 Q 118 256 126 255 Q 168 252 256 278 L 285 292 Z", "M 522 474 Q 741 294 805 294 Q 811 294 951 335 Q 966 339 979 349 Q 986 359 971 365 Q 952 369 810 381 Q 707 388 546 503 L 506 532 Q 478 554 449 578 Q 421 602 379 602 Q 367 602 360 594 Q 357 587 367 581 Q 415 560 484 506 L 522 474 Z", "M 309 281 Q 297 288 285 292 C 257 303 241 304 256 278 Q 296 215 307 67 Q 308 6 347 -22 Q 348 -23 351 -25 Q 370 -29 370 2 L 368 29 Q 365 50 358 73 Q 355 104 349 145 Q 342 200 340 244 Q 340 247 339 249 C 337 266 335 267 309 281 Z", "M 595 22 Q 596 21 599 18 Q 621 -16 641 -24 Q 653 -31 668 -8 Q 684 25 711 198 Q 720 232 745 260 Q 758 273 746 288 Q 730 306 682 333 Q 664 342 579 323 Q 576 323 420 299 Q 359 289 309 281 C 279 276 310 242 339 249 Q 388 262 460 271 L 509 278 Q 546 285 591 289 Q 628 293 639 280 Q 655 261 654 242 Q 633 74 616 46 C 605 18 587 32 595 22 Z", "M 515 138 Q 558 145 598 149 Q 620 153 613 165 Q 603 178 579 184 Q 557 188 518 178 Q 515 178 516 177 C 508 175 497 172 468 166 Q 425 157 387 148 Q 371 145 390 130 Q 397 126 470 133 L 515 138 Z", "M 513 50 Q 514 96 515 138 L 516 177 Q 519 271 511 276 Q 510 277 509 278 C 492 303 455 301 460 271 Q 464 256 468 166 L 470 133 Q 470 96 471 44 C 472 14 512 20 513 50 Z", "M 370 2 Q 379 2 388 2 Q 505 15 595 22 C 625 24 640 28 616 46 Q 609 53 594 57 Q 551 66 513 50 L 471 44 Q 417 37 368 29 C 338 24 340 2 370 2 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are 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