Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install.
  2. to prepare for, to make preparations for, to make provision for.
  3. to possess (all that is needed), to be endowed with, to be equipped with.
  4. to be born with, to have since birth.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
備える そなえる
 
 
具える そなえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

equip, provision, preparation
ビ そな.える つぶさ.に (5th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
twenty(廿) variant
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
utilize, business, service
ヨウ もち.いる たから (2nd, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ