便

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意):  + :to simplify the tense state

[edit] Han character

便 (radical 9 +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一中大 (OMLK), four-corner 21246)

  1. convenience, ease
  2. expedient
  3. news

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 103, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 659
  • Dae Jaweon: page 219, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 157, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4FBF

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

便 (Yale bin6, pin4)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Adjectival noun

便 (な-na declension, hiragana べん, romaji ben)

  1. convenient

[edit] Declension

[edit] Noun

便 (hiragana びん, romaji bin)

  1. a flight
  2. mail
  3. (bus) service

便 (hiragana べん, romaji ben)

  1. a convenience
  2. facilities
  3. bowel movement

便 (hiragana よすが, romaji yosuga)

This word more commonly written as .
  1. way, means
  2. reminder

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Kanji

便 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

便 (hangeul , , revised pyeon, byeon, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏn, pyŏn)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

便 (pinyin biàn (bian4), Wade-Giles pien4)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

便 (tiện, biền)

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