便
handy, convenient
便 is composed of 人 (person) and 更 (change, replace). 更 is a pictograph of a hand replacing firewood in a stove, so 便 depicts a person replacing firewood in a stove. Having someone tend the stove by replacing firewood ensures the fire remains lit without extinguishing and prevents fire hazards, so 便 carries the meanings of convenience and smoothness.
Vocabulary of 便
- 便利 (convenient)
- 便服 (everyday clothes)
- 隨便 (as one wishes)
Classification
Related Characters:
2人
human3亾
flee3亼
gather4仁humane4仇hatred4介between4仍still4从from4今present4化change4仌
ice5付deliver5仙immortal5以
use5仕official5㐱measles5令
order5他he6伕labor6伉
resist6休rest6伐attack6伎
skill6企tiptoe6众numerous6仰upward6仿
copy6伍associate7伴partner7位
position7低low7作do7住
stay7佈
spread7佐assist7余surname7似
similar7佑assist7伸stretch7但but7你you7估estimate7佔
occupy7体body7伶actor7伯
senior8侍
serve8侈
extravagant8佳
good8供provide8佼handsome8例example8侖arrange8來come8侔equal9俑burial figure9俗
secular9俠
knight-errant9保
protect9俎
chopping board9俏charming9侮insult9係connect9便handy9信trust9侶companion10倒invert10使employ10倡singer10倣imitate10倉granary10倭
dwarf10俱entirely10倫order10倦
tired10個general classifier10倖lucky11偉great11偓constrained11停
stop11側side11偵detect11假fake12傍
near13傳
pass13傷wound13僉all13僅only14僰ethnic14像
appearance14僮servant boy14僥
luck15儈
broker15億a hundred million16儘furthest16儒scholar17償
repay17儲store