TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
便
便 ＝ 亻 ＋ 更
ㄅㄧㄢˋ · biàn
adj — convenient; (pián) cheap
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
A person (亻) beside 更 "change": what sits awkward, someone changes — and it comes easy. Two readings share the graph: biàn the ease, pián the easy price (便宜).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
不順手的東西，人（亻）動手一改（更），就順了。
It sat wrong — someone (亻) changed (更) it — now it falls to hand.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
biàn
(本義)安——改而後安— ease, made by adjusting
→方便、便利— convenient常用
→順便— in passing — on an easy path
pián
(引申)便宜— cheap — easy on the purse常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
例 · Examples
1住這裡很方便。方便、便利
Living here is convenient.
2這家店的東西很便宜。便宜
This shop is cheap.
3順便幫我買杯咖啡。順便
Grab me a coffee while you're at it.
4便利商店二十四小時開門。方便、便利
The convenience store never closes.
5別隨便答應人家。
Don't promise people so casually.
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