便 U+4FBF,便 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FBF ←侾 [U+4FBE] CJK Unified Ideographs 俀 → [U+4FC0]

便 U+F965,便 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F965 ←磻 [U+F964] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 復 → [U+F966]

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便 (Kangxi radical 9,人+7, 9 strokes,cangjie input人一中大 (OMLK),four-corner2124₆,composition⿰亻更)

• 㛹楩緶(缏)鞭鯾箯

• 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

• Unihan data for U+F965

Historical forms of the character便
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b12352 Small seal script s05800 Transcribed ancient scripts L32033 L32034 L32035 L32036 L32037 L32038 L32039 L32040 L32041 L07218 L07219
References: Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

According toShuowen, 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.

便

1. convenient;handy

   方便  ― fāngbiàn  ―  convenient, suitable

   便利  ― biànlì  ―  convenient, easy

   簡便／简便  ― jiǎnbiàn  ―  convenient, handy

2. togo a long way in; toserve theinterests of; tobenefit; to makeconvenient
3. nimble;agile
4. informal;ordinary;plain

   便衣  ― biànyī  ― civilian clothes

   便服  ― biànfú  ― casual clothes

   便函  ― biànhán  ― informal letter

5. humanwaste;excretion

   小便  ― xiǎobiàn  ―  to urinate

   大便  ― dàbiàn  ―  to defecate

   便器  ― biànqì  ―  toilet

   糞便／粪便  ― fènbiàn  ―  excrement, feces

6. soonafterward;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, rénqúnbiàn sìsàn líqù.[Pinyin]

   The crowdsoon 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, bùjiǔbiàn fā le yángcái.[Pinyin]

   He went to Japan andsoon 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 suìbiàn kāishǐ xièdǐng.[Pinyin]

   He started going bald in his twenties.

7. then

   他一得空便跑出去玩。[MSC,trad. andsimp.]

   Tā yī dékòngbiàn pǎochūqù wán.[Pinyin]

   As soon as gets free, he (then) runs out to play.

8. even if;even though

便

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)quiet andcomfortable
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)slim andgraceful
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

便

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

• “便”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese 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, page212.
• 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, page212.

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• 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)

• (Tokyo)べん[béꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞ɴ]

便(べん)• (ben) -na (adnominal便(べん)な(benna),adverbial便(べん)に(benni))

1. convenient

便(べん)• (ben) ^†-nari

1. convenient

便(べん)• (ben) 

1. aconvenience
2. facilities

   交通(こうつう)の便(べん)がいい

   kōtsū noben ga ii

   good transportfacilities

3. bowel movement

• (convenient):便利(べんり)(benri)

• (Tokyo)びん[bíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bʲĩɴ]

便(びん)• (bin) 

1. aflight
2. mail
3. (bus)service

• 飛(ひ)行(こう)(hikō)
• フライト(furaito)
• 飛(とび)(tobi)

• “^△便”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

FromMiddle Chinese便 (MC bjien|bjienH, “comfortable”).

• (convenience; etc.):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[pʰjʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul:[편]
• (in편지 (便紙,pyeonji)):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[pʰjɘ(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul:[편(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

便

便 (eumhun편할편(pyeonhal pyeon))

1. hanja form^? of편(“convenience;ease;comfortability”)

FromMiddle Chinese便 (MC bjienH, “human waste”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[pjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul:[변]

便 (eumhun똥오줌변(ttong'ojum byeon))

1. hanja form^? of변(“feces andurine”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[3]

便:Hán Nôm readings:tiện,biền

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