便
See also: 使
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Translingual
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Han character
便 (radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人一中大 (OMLK), four-corner 21246, composition ⿰亻更)
References
- KangXi: page 103, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 659
- Dae Jaweon: page 219, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 157, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4FBF
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |||||||||||||
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (便) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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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
Definitions
便
Compounds
Derived terms from 便
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Pronunciation 2
Japanese
Readings
Compounds
Related terms
→
- 下り便
- 便じる
- 便ずる
- 便の有り次第
- 便る
Inflection
Inflection of 便
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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 |
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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 |
Synonyms
- (convenient): 便利 (benri)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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便 |
よすが Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 便 – see the following entry at よすが. |
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(This term, 便, is a kanji spelling of よすが.) |
Korean
Vietnamese
Han character
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References
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