便
pián
#271 most
frequent character
used in 便宜[pian2yi5]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
便 joins 亻 person with 更, here meaning 'to whip someone.' The first meaning was 'to whip someone,' later written 鞭. The everyday sense 'convenient' was borrowed for its sound, and from there came 'agile,' 'casual,' and the bathroom sense.
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