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備 means 'prepare'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 483   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-12    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 25    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 31 words   Used in 228 words   Used in 259 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ビ
Kun
   そなえる to prepare, to provide for   そなわる to be furnished with
Additional readings
Kun    つぶさに
Name    びっ   びん
Variants
备 (Chinese)  
Notes
In Chinese fonts, the left stroke of the 厂 (cliff) character is further across, closer to 𠂇 (ten)
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  ⿱  艹 (艸) grass  ⿸  厂 cliff  用 to use  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 備 is used 11 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 備 is used 226 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ビ : 209 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ ん び 1
preparation; setup; arrangements; provision; reserve
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そなえる : 13 words FIND ALL
そ な え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install
2. to have ready; to prepare for
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つぶさに : 1 word FIND ALL
つ ぶ さ に 1
Most common form: 具に
in detail; with great care; completely; again and again  (often written with kana only)
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びん: 3 words. FIND ALL
び ん ち ょ う 1
noun
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)  (see also: 備長炭; abbreviation)
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An additional そな.わる less common words include 備 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 795 (originally: 774)  Joy o' Kanji : 774  Key to Kanji: 893 

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備
ビ   そなえる to prepare, to provide for   そなわる to be furnished with   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
艹
grass   
厂
cliff
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