便

  • 271st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 94 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
便
3Graphical
便

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biàn (bian4)ordinary • plain • convenient • as convenient • when the chance arises • handy • easy • informal • simple • so • thus • to relieve oneself • to urinate • to defecate • equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then • in that case • even if • soon afterwards
2. pián (pian2)advantageous • cheap

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

便 also appears in:

Example Words

Common

便宜 
方便 
随便 (隨便)
顺便 (順便)

Uncommon

不便 
以便 
便便 
便利 
便捷 
便于 (便於)
便当 (便當)
便秘 
即便 
大便 
小便 
方便面 (方便麵)

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  • 1961st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xié (xie2)to carry • to take along • to bring along • to hold (hands) • also pr. [xi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

携带 (攜帶)
携手 (攜手)

Uncommon

便携式 (便攜式)

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  • 303rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 241 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)type • form • pattern • style

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

方式 
模式 
正式 

Uncommon

中国式 (中國式)
中式 
仪式 (儀式)
公式 
各式各样 (各式各樣)
形式 
方程式 
日式 
格式 
格式化 
样式 (樣式)
款式 
欧式 (歐式)
法式 
美式 
西式 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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