U+5907 "备" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
备
U+5907 "备" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to prepare," "to equip," or "to be ready." It is a simplified form of the traditional character "備," and in modern Mandarin, it is commonly used in words such as 准备 (zhǔnbèi, meaning "to prepare") and 设备 (shèbèi, meaning "equipment" or "device"). The character's structure combines elements suggesting completeness or provision, and it is a frequently encountered component in both everyday language and formal contexts across East Asian writing systems, including Japanese and Korean, where it carries similar meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5907 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 备 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 备 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA4 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5907 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005907 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5907 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273240 |
| kCangjie | HEW |
| kCantonese | bei6 |
| kDefinition | prepare, ready, perfect |
| kEACC | 273240 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2760 |
| kGB0 | 1724 |
| kHanYu | 20869.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bèi(784) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20869.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0244.231 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3138 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-895E |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-058084 |
| kJapanese | リュウ ヒ ビ |
| kTGH | 2013:1200 |
| kKangXi | 0244.231 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0271 |
| kMandarin | bèi |
| kMojiJoho | MJ058084 |
| kMorohashi | 15347 |
| kPhonetic | 1034 1339 |
| kRSUnicode | 34.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 144.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 014.110:bèi |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "備" U+5099 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0047.030:bèi |