Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
equip, provision, preparation
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
356 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 備蓄 【ビチク】 stocking up (in case of emergency), stockpile, reserves, storing, laying in (supplies)
  • 備考 【ビコウ】 note (for reference), remarks, N.B.
  • 配備 【ハイビ】 deployment, disposition, posting, stationing
  • 無防備 【ムボウビ】 defenseless, defenceless, unprotected, vulnerable

Kun reading compounds

  • 備える 【そなえる】 to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install, to prepare for, to make preparations for, to make provision for, to possess (all that is needed), to be endowed with, to be equipped with, to be born with, to have since birth
  • 備わる 【そなわる】 to be furnished with, to be provided with, to be equipped with, to be possessed of, to be endowed with, to be gifted with, to be among, to be one of
  • 具に 【つぶさに】 in detail, with great care, completely, fully

Readings

Japanese names:
びっ、 びん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • equipar
  • aprovisionar
  • preparación
  • preparativo
  • proveer
  • preparar
  • estar dotado de
  • estar surtido

Portuguese

  • equipe
  • provisão
  • preparação

French

  • équiper
  • préparation
  • approvisionnement
700 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
795 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
774 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
321 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
519 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
750 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
332 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1539 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
768 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
782 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
613 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
124 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
165 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
109 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1191 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
967 Morohashi
146 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
284 New Nelson (John Haig)
1183 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1267 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
201 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
763 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2153 2001 Kanji
2a10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2422.7 Four corner code
1-40-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5099 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
in front, before
Kun:
まえ-まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code