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Japanese symbol for “urinal”

Romaji: benki
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan

In Japanese, urinal is , read (benki).

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.

Meanings

  1. n toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan

Kanji and stroke order

convenience, facility, excrement
on: ベン、ビン
kun: たよ.り
9 strokes · JLPT 3
utensil, vessel, receptacle
on: キ
kun: うつわ
15 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “urinal”

WordReadingMeaning
しびん shibinurine bottle; (urinary) bedpan; chamber pot (esp. medical)
しょうべんじょ shoubenjourinal
にょうき nyoukiurinal
しょうべんき shoubenkiurinal
だんしべん danshibenurinal; men's toilet

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
べんり benriconvenient; handy; useful
ゆうびん yuubinmail service; postal service; mail
ふべん fubeninconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
べんぴ benpiconstipation
べんぎ bengiconvenience; accommodation; advantage
びんじょう binjoutaking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
ぶき bukiweapon; arms; ordnance
へいき heikiarms; weapon; ordnance

See also: Chinese symbol for “urinal”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.