便

  • 271st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 54 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

High Frequency

便 
方便 
随便 (隨便)

Medium Frequency

不便 
以便 
便便 
便利 
便宜 
便捷 
便当 (便當)
便秘 
即便 
大便 
小便 
方便面 (方便麵)
顺便 (順便)
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  • 894th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠁼丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi4)see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]
2. (mi4)secret • secretary

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (mi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

神秘 
秘密 

Medium Frequency

便秘 
揭秘 
秘方 (祕方)
秘书 (秘書)
秘籍 
秘诀 (秘訣)
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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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