便 – convenience, facility, excrement

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#729 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 便 means convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ベン、ビン (ben, bin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たよ.り (tayori). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ベン	ben
On’yomi	ビン	bin
Kun’yomi	たよ.り	tayori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ｜・ノ・一・化・日・田.

Words using 便

便利べんりconvenient郵便局ゆうびんきょくpost office不便ふべんinconvenience便びんflight (e.g. airline flight)郵便ゆうびんmail service便りたよりnews小便しょうべんurine便箋びんせんwriting paper船便ふなびんsurface mail (by ship)便所べんじょtoilet大便だいべんfeces便宜べんぎconvenience

Example sentences

電話は便利なものである。

The telephone is a convenience.

Tatoeba #124682

あの〜郵便局はどちらでしょうか。

Uh..., where's the post office?

Tatoeba #231383

ここは公共の乗り物が不便だ。

This place isn't convenient to public transportation.

Tatoeba #224317

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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