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.
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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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  • 1707th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chí (Chi2)surname Chi
2. chí (chi2)pond • reservoir • moat

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

池塘 
电池 (電池)

Uncommon

便池 
化粪池 (化糞池)
城池 
天池 
水池 
池子 
池州 
河池 
泳池 
浴池 
游泳池 
滇池 
瑶池 (瑤池)
舞池 
蓄电池 (蓄電池)
酒池肉林 
锂电池 (鋰電池)
鱼池 (魚池)

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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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