便 — pyeon, byeon

Parts that make up 便

How 便 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 便 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 更.

Korean example words with 便

• 북편北便 Korean gloss: 북쪽 편
• 내편來便 Korean gloss: 이 다음에 오는 편
• 일편一便 Korean gloss: 어떤 일의 한 측면
• 변의便意 Korean gloss: 대소변이 마려운 느낌
• 신편信便 Korean gloss: 믿을 만한 인편(人便)
• 월편越便 Korean gloss: 마주 대하고 있는 저편
• 인편人便 Korean gloss: 오거나 가는 사람의 편
• 편안便安 Korean gloss: 편하고 걱정 없이 좋음
• 대변大便 Korean gloss: ‘똥’을 점잖게 이르는 말
• 편복便服 Korean gloss: 평상시에 간편하게 입는 옷
• 편의便衣 Korean gloss: 평상시에 간편하게 입는 옷
• 소변小便 Korean gloss: ‘오줌’을 점잖게 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 便

• 郵便ゆうびん mail service; postal service; mail
• 便利べんり convenient; handy; useful
• 郵便局ゆうびんきょく post office
• 便びん flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); sailing (e.g. ferry voyage)
• 便宜べんぎ convenience; accommodation; advantage
• 便りたより news; tidings; information
• 利便りべん convenience
• 便利さべんりさ convenience; handiness; usefulness
• 不便ふべん inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
• 航空便こうくうびん airmail; air mail; air service
• 便乗びんじょう taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in)
• 定期便ていきびん regular service

Characters sharing the phonetic 便

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “편” in Korean.

Other hanja read “편”

Other hanja with radical 人