便

See also: 使

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]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

便 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一中大 (OMLK), four-corner 2124₆, composition ⿰亻更)

Derived characters

㛹楩緶(缏) 鞭鯾箯

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		便

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 便

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

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).

Characters in the same phonetic series (便) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
鞭	*pen
鯾	*pen
箯	pen, ben
便	ben, bens
緶	ben, peːnʔ
楩	ben, benʔ

According to Shuowen, an ideogrammic compound (會意) : 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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): biàn (bian⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ
(Chengdu, SP): bian⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phien
(Meixian, Guangdong): piên⁴
Min Dong (BUC): biêng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): piān
(Teochew, Peng'im): biêng⁶ / biang⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): bi (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): bienn⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴
  - Yale: byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
  - Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bian⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶
  - Yale: bihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: piên⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰiɛn⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: biêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān
  - Tâi-lô: piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: biêng⁶ / biang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piĕng / piăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ³⁵/, /piaŋ³⁵/

Note:

biêng6 - Chaozhou;
biang6 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: bi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥i²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bienn⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piẽ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /biᴇn^H/

Rime
Character	便
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	婢面切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bian^H/
Li Rong	/biɛn^H/
Wang Li	/bĭɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]e[n]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*bens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	便
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bjien^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]e[n]-s/
English	comfortable; advantageous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	便
Reading #	2/2
No.	778
Phonetic component	便
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	便
Old Chinese	/*bens/

Definitions

便

convenient; handy
方便 ― fāngbiàn ― convenient, suitable
便利 ― biànlì ― convenient, easy
簡便／简便 ― jiǎnbiàn ― convenient, handy
to go a long way in; to serve the interests of; to benefit; to make convenient
nimble; agile
informal; ordinary; plain
便衣 ― biànyī ― civilian clothes
便服 ― biànfú ― casual clothes
便函 ― biànhán ― informal letter
human waste; excretion
小便 ― xiǎobiàn ― to urinate
大便 ― dàbiàn ― to defecate
便器 ― biànqì ― toilet
糞便／粪便 ― fènbiàn ― excrement, feces
soon afterward; 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, rénqún biàn sìsàn líqù. [Pinyin]
The crowd soon 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, bùjiǔ biàn fā le yángcái. [Pinyin]
He went to Japan and soon 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 suì biàn kāishǐ xièdǐng. [Pinyin]
He started going bald in his twenties.
then
他一得空便跑出去玩。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tā yī dékòng biàn pǎochūqù wán. [Pinyin]
As soon as gets free, he (then) runs out to play.
even if; even though
(Cantonese, used in compounds) side, as a vague place
呢便、嗰便、邊便 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢便、嗰便、边便 [Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ bin⁶, go² bin⁶, bin¹ bin⁶ [Jyutping]
over here, over there, where

Compounds

Derived terms from 便

不便 (bùbiàn)
不便道
不得便
不方便 (bùfāngbiàn)
乘便
以便 (yǐbiàn)
伶便
伺便 (sìbiàn)
便不
便不然
便中 (biànzhōng)
便了 (biànliǎo)
便交
便人 (biànrén)
便休
便便 (piánpián)
便假若
便做
便做到
便做道
便函 (biànhán)
便利 (biànlì)
便利商店 (biànlì shāngdiàn, “convenience store”)
便利店 (biànlìdiàn, “convenience store”)
便可 (biànkě)
便器 (biànqì)
便士 (biànshì)
便好
便好道
便官
便宜施行
便宜行事 (biànyíxíngshì)
便宴 (biànyàn)
便家
便就
便席
便帽 (biànmào)
便待
便得
便房
便所 (biànsuǒ)
便捷 (biànjié)
便教
便旋
便是 (biànshì)
便是呢
便服 (biànfú)
便桶 (biàntǒng)
便步 (biànbù)
便殿
便毒
便民 (biànmín)
便水
便液
便溺 (biànniào)
便用

便盆 (biànpén)
便益
便碟
便章
便索
便菜
便血 (biànxuè)
便衣 (biànyī)
便衣警察
便袋
便走 (biànzǒu)
便路
便身
便道 (biàndào)
便面 (biànmiàn)
便鞋 (biànxié)
便餐 (biàncān)
俐便
公便
利便 (lìbiàn)
即便 (jíbiàn)
取便 (qǔbiàn)
口舌之便
可便
告便
周全方便
因利乘便 (yīnlìchéngbiàn)
地利之便
大便 (dàbiàn)
大小便 (dàxiǎobiàn)
小便 (xiǎobiàn)
就便
常便
形便 (xíngbiàn)
恰便似
排便 (páibiàn)
擅便
方便 (fāngbiàn)
方便主子
未便
溏便
疾便
省便
空便
立便
童便 (tóngbiàn)
胎便
自便 (zìbiàn)
落可便
趁便 (chènbiàn)
近便 (jìnbiàn)
遇便
一舉兩便／一举两便
不便處／不便处
不當穩便／不当稳便
不穩便／不稳便

不見便／不见便
便則道／便则道
便壺／便壶 (biànhú)
便宜從事／便宜从事 (biànyícóngshì)
便宜處分／便宜处分
便宜處置／便宜处置
便應／便应
便會／便会
便條／便条 (biàntiáo)
便條紙／便条纸
便橋／便桥 (biànqiáo)
便當／便当 (biàndang)
便祕／便秘
便罷／便罢
便裝／便装 (biànzhuāng)
便覽／便览 (biànlǎn)
便車／便车 (biànchē)
便郵／便邮
便錢／便钱
便門／便门 (biànmén)
便須／便须
便飯／便饭 (biànfàn)
兩便／两便 (liǎngbiàn)
公私兩便／公私两便
咄嗟便辦／咄嗟便办
圓便／圆便
客隨主便／客随主便
家常便飯／家常便饭 (jiāchángbiànfàn)
手親眼便／手亲眼便
手頭不便／手头不便
搭便車／搭便车 (dābiànchē)
方便之門／方便之门
方便為門／方便为门
方便米飯／方便米饭
方便麵／方便面 (fāngbiànmiàn)
極便當／极便当
當便／当便
稱便／称便
穩便／稳便 (wěnbiàn)
簡便／简便 (jiǎnbiàn)
糞便／粪便 (fènbiàn)
聽便／听便
聽憑尊便／听凭尊便 (tīngpíngzūnbiàn)
行個方便／行个方便
見便／见便
說方便／说方便
請便／请便 (qǐngbiàn)
輕便／轻便 (qīngbiàn)
通便劑／通便剂
長便／长便
開方便門／开方便门
隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)
隨隨便便／随随便便 (suísuíbiànbiàn)
靈便／灵便 (língbiàn)
順便／顺便 (shùnbiàn)
鱗鴻附便／鳞鸿附便

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pián (pian²)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phièn
Min Dong (BUC): bèng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pân / piân
(Teochew, Peng'im): biêng⁶ / biang⁶ / pin¹ / piang⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): bi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pián
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pián
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien²
  - Yale: pyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan
  - Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin⁴
  - Yale: pìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: pienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân
  - Tâi-lô: pân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piân
  - Tâi-lô: piân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /piɛn²⁴/

Note: vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: biêng⁶ / biang⁶ / pin¹ / piang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piĕng / piăng / phiⁿ / phiăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ³⁵/, /piaŋ³⁵/, /pʰĩ³³/, /pʰiaŋ³⁵/

Note:

biêng6 - Chaozhou;
biang6 - Shantou;
piang6 - in 大腹便便;
pin1 - cheap.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: bi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥i²³/

Middle Chinese: /biᴇn/

Rime
Character	便
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房連切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bian/
Li Rong	/biɛn/
Wang Li	/bĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]e[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*ben/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	便
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pián
Middle Chinese	‹ bjien ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]e[n]/
English	glib-tongued
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	便
Reading #	1/2
No.	773
Phonetic component	便
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	便
Old Chinese	/*ben/
Notes	金文象執鞭抽人背，右爲鞭初文，非更字

Definitions

便

^† quiet and comfortable
^† slim and graceful
^† nimble
^† eloquent
cheap; inexpensive
便宜 ― piányi ― cheap

Compounds

Derived terms from 便

不便宜
便佞
便便 (piánpián)
便娟
便嬖
便嬛 (piánxuān)
便安 (biàn'ān)
便宜 (piányi)
便言
口能舌便
善巧便佞

喋喋便便
大腹便便 (dàfùpiánpián)
孝先便腹
小便宜 (xiǎopiányi)
沾便宜
空腹便便
腹便便
落便宜
便辟
占便宜

便宜主義／便宜主义 (piányi zhǔyì)
便宜話／便宜话
便宜貨／便宜货 (piányihuò)
占盡便宜／占尽便宜
口齒便給／口齿便给
揀便宜／拣便宜
撿便宜／捡便宜 (jiǎn piányi)
討便宜／讨便宜
貪便宜／贪便宜 (tān piányi)
貪小便宜／贪小便宜 (tānxiǎopiányi)

Japanese

Kanji

便

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” 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

Derived terms

便々, 便便
便意
便衣
便益
便管
便器
便宜
便座
便所
便乗
便船
便通
便殿
便秘
便服
便法
便覧
便利
便壺
便佞, 便侫
便箋
航空便(こうくうびん) (kōkūbin)
穏便
音便
快便
貨物便
簡便
急行便
軽便
欠便
血便
検便
幸便
後便
至便
宿便
小便
次便
先便
全便
前便
増便
宅配便
宅急便
大便
直行便
定期便
鉄道便
軟便
粘液便
排便
飛行便
船便
不便
糞便
別便
方便
用便
利便
両便
緑便
郵便(ゆうびん) (yūbin, “postal service”)

Related terms

下り便
便じる
便ずる
便の有り次第
便る

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
便
べん Grade: 4
goon

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

convenient

Inflection

Inflection of 便

Stem forms
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

Adjective

便(べん) • (ben) ^†-nari

convenient

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "便なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	便なら	べんなら	bennara
Continuative (連用形)	便に^[1] 便なり^[2]	べんにべんなり	benni bennari
Terminal (終止形)	便なり	べんなり	bennari
Attributive (連体形)	便なる	べんなる	bennaru
Realis (已然形)	便なれ	べんなれ	bennare
Imperative (命令形)	便なれ	べんなれ	bennare
Key constructions
Negative	便ならず	べんならず	bennarazu
Contrasting conjunction	便なれど	べんなれど	bennaredo
Causal conjunction	便なれば	べんなれば	bennareba
Conditional conjunction	便ならば	べんならば	bennaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	便なりき	べんなりき	bennariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	便なりけり	べんなりけり	bennarikeri
Adverbial	便に	べんに	benni
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.

Noun

便(べん) • (ben)

a convenience
facilities
bowel movement

Synonyms

(convenient): 便利(べんり) (benri)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
便
びん Grade: 4
kan’yōon

Pronunciation

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

Noun

便(びん) • (bin)

a flight
mail
(bus) service

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
便
よすが Grade: 4
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 便 – see the following entry.

【よすが】

[noun] something to rely on; a connection, affinity

[noun] someone to rely on; a relative

[noun] an opportunity, way, means

Alternative spellings
縁, 因, 便

(This term, 便, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 便 (MC biᴇn, biᴇn^H, “comfortable”).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean 뼌 (Yale: ppyèn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	쟉마ᄌᆞᆯ 변	Recorded as Middle Korean 변 (pyen) (Yale: pyen) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575	편안 편[1]	Recorded as Middle Korean 편 (phyen) (Yale: phyen) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
平聲 [Level tone]

Pronunciation

(convenience; etc.):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰjʌ̹n]
- Phonetic hangul: [편]
(in 편지 (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.

Hanja

Wikisource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 biᴇn^H, “human waste”).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean 뼌〮 (Yale: ppyén) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	오좀〮 편	Recorded as Middle Korean 편 (phyen) (Yale: phyèn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

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

Hanja

便 (eumhun 똥오줌 변 (ttong'ojum byeon))

Hanja form^? of 변 (“feces and urine”).

Compounds

변기 (便器, byeon'gi)
변비 (便祕, byeonbi)
변소 (便所, byeonso)
배변 (排便, baebyeon)
소변 (小便, sobyeon)
수변 (溲便, subyeon)
혈변 (血便, hyeolbyeon)

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

便: Hán Nôm readings: tiện, biền

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References

Nom Foundation

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[2] 平聲 [Level tone]