Chinese symbol for “bento”
便当
biàn dāng
Traditional: 便當
convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bento is 便当 (biàn dāng), defined as: convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bento”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 便当.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy |
| 随便 (隨便) | suí biàn | as one wishes; as one pleases |
| 便宜 | biàn yí | convenient |
| 便是 | biàn shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely |
| 以便 | yǐ biàn | so that; so as to |
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bento”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.