便 — kanji meaning “convenience”
便
convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
- Meanings
- convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
- On'yomi
- ベン (ben)、ビン (bin)
- Kun'yomi
- たよ.り
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #729 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- biàn, pián — Chinese character page
Words with 便
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 便利 | べんり benri | convenient; handy; useful |
| 郵便 | ゆうびん yuubin | mail service; postal service; mail |
| 不便 | ふべん fuben | inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness |
| 便秘 | べんぴ benpi | constipation |
| 便宜 | べんぎ bengi | convenience; accommodation; advantage |
| 便乗 | びんじょう binjou | taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon |
| 便所 | べんじょ benjo | toilet; lavatory; water closet |
| 便り | たより tayori | news; tidings; information |
| 利便 | りべん riben | convenience |
| 小便 | しょうべん shouben | urine; piss; pee |
| 便器 | べんき benki | toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot |
| 穏便 | おんびん onbin | gentle; peaceable; amicable |
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