備え付ける

そなえつける · sonaetsukeru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to install

🔧 備え (provision) + 付ける (attach) = provide and attach it, so equip or install

備え means provision or preparation, and 付ける means to attach. Together they mean to supply something and fix it in place, as with built-in equipment in a hotel room.

付 — person radical 亻 + hand 寸
付 originally pictured a hand (寸) reaching out to hand something to a person (亻), depicting the act of giving or delivering. The core sense 'to hand over, deliver, pay' has remained stable since ancient bronze inscriptions. It also serves as a phonetic component in characters like 附, 符, and 府.

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