便 (biàn): meaning and stroke order

便 (biàn) means plain, informal, suitable, convenient, opportune, to urinate or defecate.

便

Simplified: 便
Traditional: 便 (same form)
Pinyin: biàn · pián

Stroke order of 便

便

biàn plain; informal
pián used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]
9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 便

biàn
- plain
- informal
- suitable
- convenient
- opportune
- to urinate or defecate
- equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then
- in that case
- even if
- soon afterwards
pián
- used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]
- used in 便便[pian2 pian2]
- used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]

Radical and structure

便: Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 9 strokes · 亻 on the left, 更 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 便

方便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy
顺便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing
便宜 biàn yí convenient
方便面 fāng biàn miàn instant noodles
以便 yǐ biàn so that; so as to
便利 biàn lì convenient; easy
即便 jí biàn even if; even though

便 in our stories

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有人替介子推抱不平，他却淡淡地说：“我做那件事，本来就不是为了做官。”说完，便背着老母亲去了绵山隐居。

yǒurén tì Jiè Zǐtuī bào bùpíng tā què dàndàn de shuō wǒ zuò nà jiàn shì běnlái jiù bú shì wèile zuò guān shuōwán biàn bēi zhe lǎo mǔqīn qù le Mián Shān yǐnjū

Someone protested the injustice on his behalf, but he said calmly, "I never did that to become an official." Then he carried his old mother on his back to live as a recluse on Mount Mian.

From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 便

Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).