便
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)
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
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 便 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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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.
Pronunciation 1
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Definitions
- convenient; handy
- to go a long way in; to serve the interests of; to benefit; to make convenient
- nimble; agile
- informal; ordinary; plain
- human waste; excretion
- soon afterward; as soon as
- then
- even if; even though
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
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Definitions
- † quiet and comfortable
- † slim and graceful
- † nimble
- † eloquent
- cheap; inexpensive
- 便宜 ― piányi ― cheap
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- Go-on: べん (ben, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: へん (hen)
- Kan’yō-on: びん (bin, Jōyō)
- Kun: たより (tayori, 便り, Jōyō); すなわち (sunawachi, 便ち)
Compounds
Related terms
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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便 |
べん Grade: 4 |
goon |
Adjectival noun
便 • (ben) -na (adnominal 便な (ben na), adverbial 便に (ben ni))
Inflection
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 便だろ | べんだろ | ben daro |
Continuative (連用形) | 便で | べんで | ben de |
Terminal (終止形) | 便だ | べんだ | ben da |
Attributive (連体形) | 便な | べんな | ben na |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 便なら | べんなら | ben nara |
Imperative (命令形) | 便であれ | べんであれ | ben de are |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 便ではない 便じゃない |
べんではない べんじゃない |
ben de wa nai ben ja nai |
Informal past | 便だった | べんだった | ben datta |
Informal negative past | 便ではなかった 便じゃなかった |
べんではなかった べんじゃなかった |
ben de wa nakatta ben ja nakatta |
Formal | 便です | べんです | ben desu |
Formal negative | 便ではありません 便じゃありません |
べんではありません べんじゃありません |
ben de wa arimasen ben ja arimasen |
Formal past | 便でした | べんでした | ben deshita |
Formal negative past | 便ではありませんでした 便じゃありませんでした |
べんではありませんでした べんじゃありませんでした |
ben de wa arimasen deshita ben ja arimasen deshita |
Conjunctive | 便で | べんで | ben de |
Conditional | 便なら(ば) | べんなら(ば) | ben nara (ba) |
Provisional | 便だったら | べんだったら | ben dattara |
Volitional | 便だろう | べんだろう | ben darō |
Adverbial | 便に | べんに | ben ni |
Degree | 便さ | べんさ | bensa |
Noun
Synonyms
- (convenient): 便利 (benri)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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便 |
びん Grade: 4 |
kan'yōon |
Noun
See also
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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便 |
よすが Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 便 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 便, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 便 (MC bjienH, “convenient”).
Hanja
便 (eumhun 편할 편 (pyeonhal pyeon))
- hanja form? of 편 (“convenience, ease, comfortability”)
Compounds
- 편람 (便覽, pyeollam)
- 편리 (便利, pyeolli)
- 편법 (便法, pyeonbeop)
- 편승 (便乘, pyeonseung)
- 편안 (便安, pyeonan)
- 편의 (便宜, pyeonui)
- 편이 (便易, pyeoni)
- 편익 (便益, pyeonik)
- 편지 (便紙, pyeonji)
- 간편 (簡便, ganpyeon)
- 남편 (男便, nampyeon)
- 방편 (方便, bangpyeon)
- 불편 (不便, bulpyeon)
- 서편 (西便, seopyeon)
- 선편 (船便, seonpyeon)
- 양편 (兩便, yangpyeon)
- 우편 (郵便, upyeon)
- 음편 (音便, eumpyeon)
- 인편 (人便, inpyeon)
- 형편 (形便, hyeongpyeon)
- 편의점 (便宜店, pyeonuijeom)
- 반대편 (反對便, bandaepyeon)
- 상대편 (相對便, sangdaepyeon)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 便 (MC bjienH). Recorded as Middle Korean 편 (phyen) (Yale: phyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
便 (eumhun 똥오줌 변 (ttong'ojum byeon))
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]
Vietnamese
Han character
便: Hán Nôm readings: tiện, biền
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References
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- Elementary Mandarin
- Japanese kanji
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- Japanese kyōiku kanji
- Japanese jōyō kanji
- Japanese kanji with goon reading べん
- Japanese kanji with kan'on reading へん
- Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading びん
- Japanese kanji with kun reading たよ・り
- Japanese kanji with kun reading すなわ・ち
- Japanese terms spelled with 便 read as べん
- Japanese terms read with goon
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese adjectives
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese な-na adjectives
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
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- Japanese terms spelled with 便
- Japanese single-kanji terms
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with 便 read as びん
- Japanese terms read with kan'yōon
- Japanese terms spelled with 便 read as よすが
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Korean lemmas
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