便

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 3.3 Related terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

人 + 更. to simplify the tense state

[edit] Han character

便 (radical 9 人+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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

便 (Yale bin6, pin4)

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[edit] Japanese

[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 縁.

1. way, means
2. reminder

[edit] Synonyms

• 便利

[edit] Kanji

便 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: べん (ben), びん (bin)
• Kun: たより (便り, tayori), すなわち (sunawachi)

[edit] Compounds

便々, 便便 便意 便衣 便益 便管 便器 便宜 便座 便所 便乗 便船 便通 便殿 便秘 便服 便法 便覧 便利 便壺 便佞, 便侫 便箋 航空便 (こうくうびん, kōkūbin) 穏便 音便 快便 貨物便 簡便 急行便 軽便 欠便 血便

検便 幸便 後便 至便 宿便 小便 次便 先便 全便 前便 増便 宅配便 宅急便 大便 直行便 定期便 鉄道便 軟便 粘液便 排便 飛行便 船便 不便 糞便 別便 方便 用便 利便 両便 緑便 郵便

[edit] Related terms

• 下り便
• 便じる
• 便ずる
• 便の有り次第
• 便る

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

便 (tiện, biền)