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便 — plain; informal; suitable

plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune

Pinyin
biàn · pián
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — biàn, pián — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 便: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

便 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 便

Words with 便 in the HSK syllabus: 16

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 便宜piányicheap; inexpensive; a petty advantageHSK 1
  2. 方便fāngbiànconvenient; suitableHSK 3
  3. 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodlesHSK 3
  4. 便于biànyúeasy to; convenient forHSK 4
  5. 不便búbiàninconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitableHSK 4
  6. 顺便shùnbiànconveniently; in passing; without much extra effortHSK 4
  7. 随便suíbiànas one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligentHSK 4
  8. 便biànplain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportuneHSK 5
  9. 便利biànlìconvenient; easy; to facilitateHSK 5
  10. 便利店biànlìdiànconvenience storeHSK 5
  11. 便捷biànjiéconvenient and fastHSK 6
  12. 即便jíbiàneven if; even though; right away; immediatelyHSK 6
  13. 以便yǐbiànso that; so as to; in order toHSK 6
  14. 便饭biànfànan ordinary meal; simple home cookingHSK 7–9
  15. 便携式biànxiéshìportableHSK 7–9
  16. 粪便fènbiànexcrement; feces; night soilHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.