便
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Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𠓥 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠓥, which depicted a hand holding a whip with the 丙 component. Based on the original meaning "whip a person", now written as 鞭. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
便
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
便
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
便
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
便 [biàn]
plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiù]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
便 [pián]
see 便宜|便宜[piányi]
Japanese
Korean
편 [便]
party; side; One of each group, when a bigger group is divided into two or several smaller groups.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
便 たより
Tayori given name
便 びん
Bin surname
CHINESE WORDS (167)
随便 [suíbiàn] #789
as one wishes
随便 [suíbiàn] #789
as one wishes
方便 [fāngbiàn] #2,451
convenient
顺便 [shùnbiàn] #1,492
conveniently
顺便 [shùnbiàn] #1,492
conveniently
便宜 [biànyí] #2,711
convenient
即便 [jíbiàn] #2,856
even if
便是 [biànshì] #12,787
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
以便 [yǐbiàn] #5,356
so that
便利 [biànlì] #6,875
convenient
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 頼る [たよる] #1,208
to rely on
⭐ 便利 [べんり] #2,584
convenient
⭐ 美女 [びじょ] #5,273
beautiful woman
⭐ 不便 [ふべん] #6,306
inconvenience
⭐ 即ち [すなわち] #9,311
that is (to say)
⭐ 穏便 [おんびん] #10,851
gentle
不憫 [ふびん] #12,752
poor
⭐ 便所 [べんじょ] #15,554
toilet
⭐ 便乗 [びんじょう] #16,079
taking advantage of (an opportunity)
⭐ 便箋 [びんせん] #18,458
writing paper
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