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Chinese symbol for “convenient”

方便
fāng biàn
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

The closest CC-CEDICT match for convenient is 方便 (fāng biàn), defined as: convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

方 fāng
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
radical 70 ⽅ · 4 strokes
便 biàn
easy, convenient; expedient
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “convenient”

WordPinyinMeaning
便宜biàn yíconvenient
便利biàn lìconvenient; easy
便当 (便當)biàn dāngconvenient; handy
便biànplain; informal
手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold

Related words

Other words that share a character with 方便.

WordPinyinMeaning
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
随便 (隨便)suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases
便宜biàn yíconvenient
便是biàn shì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely

See also: Japanese symbol for “convenient”.

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.

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