便

biàn = bi + an4

plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards

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便 = 亻 + 更 : "Handy" is a German word for "mobile phone", so that's what I will represent this character with.

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便 = 亻 + 更 : Brunhilde lost her mobile phone! When Rosa Luxemburg helps her to find it by calling Brunhilde's phone, they discover that it must be inside the snake that ate an elephant which is lying in the anthill's bathroom. Together they open the snake's mouth to see wether they can find it.

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便

pián = pi + an2

used in 便宜|便宜[pian2 yi5] / used in 便便[pian2 pian2] / used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]

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便 character breakdown

便
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 更
  - 丈
    - 一
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

亻

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

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亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

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更

ge̅ng = g + (e)ng1

to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

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更

gèng = g + (e)ng4

more / even more / further / still / still more

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更 = 丈 + 日 : 人心不足，蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.

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更 = 丈 + 日 : Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.

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Characters with 便 as component

鞭

bia̅n = bi + an1

whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)

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鞭 = 便 + 革 : Brunhilde (bi) is working on her skill with the whip (鞭) in front of the anthill (an1). She spans a cow's hide (革) like a trampoline and throws her mobile phone (便) on it. She then starts to whip (鞭) the mobile phone up and has it jump on the cow's hide just for fun.

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楩

pián = pi + an2

(tree)

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箯

bia̅n = bi + an1

bamboo sedan chair

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缏

緶

biàn = bi + an4