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便 U+4FBF, 便
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FBF
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[U+4FBE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俀 →
[U+4FC0]
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便 U+F965, 便
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F965
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[U+F964] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 復 →
[U+F966]

Translingual

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Han character

便 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一中大 (OMLK), four-corner 21246, composition ⿰亻更)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 103, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 659
  • Dae Jaweon: page 219, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 157, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4FBF
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 便, Western Zhou ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (便) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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According to Shuowen, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 亻 (“person”) + 更 (“to change”) – to change one's posture to make oneself comfortable.

Alternatively, this may be the original character for 鞭 (OC *pen, “to whip”), from 人 (“person”) + 𠓥 (“whip”), as seen in the bronze script.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • biêng6 - Chaozhou;
  • biang6 - Shantou.
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Definitions

便

  1. convenient; handy
    方便  ―  fāngbiàn  ―  convenient, suitable
    便利  ―  biànlì  ―  convenient, easy
    簡便／简便  ―  jiǎnbiàn  ―  convenient, handy
  2. to go a long way in; to serve the interests of; to benefit; to make convenient
  3. nimble; agile
  4. informal; ordinary; plain
    便衣  ―  biànyī  ―  civilian clothes
    便服  ―  biànfú  ―  casual clothes
    便函  ―  biànhán  ―  informal letter
  5. human waste; excretion
    小便  ―  xiǎobiàn  ―  to urinate
    大便  ―  dàbiàn  ―  to defecate
    便器  ―  biànqì  ―  toilet
    糞便／粪便  ―  fènbiàn  ―  excrement, feces
  6. soon afterward; as soon as
    警察一到現場，人群便四散離去。 [MSC, trad.]
    警察一到现场，人群便四散离去。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jǐngchá yī dào xiànchǎng, rénqún biàn sìsàn líqù. [Pinyin]
    The crowd soon dissipated when the police arrived.
    他到了日本，不久便發了洋財。 [MSC, trad.]
    他到了日本，不久便发了洋财。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā dào le rìběn, bùjiǔ biàn fā le yángcái. [Pinyin]
    He went to Japan and soon made a big fortune.
    他二十幾歲便開始謝頂。 [MSC, trad.]
    他二十几岁便开始谢顶。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā èrshí jǐ suì biàn kāishǐ xièdǐng. [Pinyin]
    He started going bald in his twenties.
  7. then
    他一得空便跑出去玩。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Tā yī dékòng biàn pǎochūqù wán. [Pinyin]
    As soon as gets free, he (then) runs out to play.
  8. even if; even though

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Note: vernacular.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: biêng6 / biang6 / pin1 / piang6
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piĕng / piăng / phiⁿ / phiăng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pieŋ³⁵/, /piaŋ³⁵/, /pʰĩ³³/, /pʰiaŋ³⁵/
Note:
  • biêng6 - Chaozhou;
  • biang6 - Shantou;
  • piang6 - in 大腹便便;
  • pin1 - cheap.
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Definitions

便

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) quiet and comfortable
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) slim and graceful
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eloquent
  5. cheap; inexpensive
    便宜  ―  piányi  ―  cheap

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

便

  1. (Cantonese, no longer productive) Suffix for locational nouns; side

Compounds

  • 一二便 (jat1 ji6 bin6, “somewhere aside”) (Cantonese)
  • 一便 (Cantonese)
  • 上便 (soeng6 bin6, “above”) (Cantonese)
  • 下便 (haa6 bin6, “below”) (Cantonese)
  • 側便 / 侧便 (zak1 bin6) (Cantonese)
  • 入便 (jap6 bin6, “inside”) (Cantonese)
  • 兩便 / 两便 (loeng5 bin6, “both sides”) (Cantonese)
  • 出便 (ceot1 bin6, “outside”) (Cantonese)
  • 前便 (cin4 bin6, “in front”) (Cantonese)
  • 北便 (bak1 bin6, “the north”) (Cantonese)
  • 南便 (naam4 bin6, “the south”) (Cantonese)
  • 右便 (jau6 bin6, “the right”) (Cantonese)
  • 右手便 (jau6 sau2 bin6, “right hand side”) (Cantonese)
  • 呢便 (“this side”) (Cantonese)
  • 嗰便 (go2 bin6, “that side”) (Cantonese)
  • 四便 (sei3 bin6, “all four sides”) (Cantonese)
  • 埋便 (maai4 bin6, “inside, inner side”) (Cantonese)
  • 外便 (ngoi6 bin6, “outside”) (Cantonese)
  • 左便 (zo2 bin6, “the left”) (Cantonese)
  • 左手便 (zo2 sau2 bin6, “left hand side”) (Cantonese)
  • 後便 / 后便 (hau6 bin6, “behind”) (Cantonese)
  • 東便 / 东便 (dung1 bin6, “the east”) (Cantonese)
  • 裡便 / 里便 (leoi5 bin6, “inside”) (Cantonese)
  • 西便 (sai1 bin6, “the west”) (Cantonese)
  • 邊便 / 边便 (bin1 bin6, “which side”) (Cantonese)
  • 開便 / 开便 (hoi1 bin6, “outside, outer side”) (Cantonese)

References

  • “便”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “便（方～）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 212.
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “便（～宜）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 212.
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