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便

편한

편

오줌

변

부수: 亻
획수: 9획

便 has the meanings convenience, excrement, mail, companion and side.

便 = 亻 + 更

X = semantic + semantic/phonetic

Caution: The interpretation of 便 is somewhat unclear.

• 亻 depicts the side view of a person and means ‘person’.
• 更 originally depicted a hand holding a whip 攴 and a chariot 丙. It is now a fusion of these two forms and represents ‘whipping someone’.

Some scholars suggest 更 originally meant ‘one chariot after another’ and from this came the meaning ‘change’ (as in change between chariots).

Evolution:
便 = to whip someone ➔ borrowed use ➔ convenient ➔ relief ➔ urinate/defecate
便 = to whip someone ➔ borrowed use ➔ convenient ➔ quick ➔ flight ➔ mail
便 = to whip someone ➔ borrowed use ➔ to depend on ➔ companion ➔ side

Mnemonic

Imagine your local, dependable postman 亻 riding a chariot at great speed. He’s furiously whipping the horses 更 to conveniently 便 deliver your mail on time.

Vocab

convenience
便利	편리	convenience
便宜店	편의점	convenience store
不便	불편	inconvenience
便法	편법	expedient
簡便하다	간편하다	simple
便하다	편하다	comfortable
便安하다	편안하다	relaxed
excrement
便	변	feces
排便	배변	defecation
小便	소변	urine
便器	변기	toilet
便所	변소	lavatory
mail
郵便	우편	mail
便紙	편지	letter
companion
男便	남편	husband
便짜다	편짜다	to team up
便들다	편들다	to take sides with
便가르다	편가르다	to separate into groups
side
相對便	상대편	opponent; competitor
맞은便	맞은편	the opposite side
反對便	반대편	the opposing side
形便	형편	situation; circumstance
한便	한편	side; meanwhile

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