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便

convenience
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingベンビン
Kun readingたよ.り

Meanings

  1. convenienceRtK
  2. facility
  3. excrement
  4. feces
  5. letter
    手紙投函するため便いっHe went to the post office to mail the letter.tatoeba
  6. chance
  1. flight (e.g. airline flight)
  2. trip (e.g. train trip)
  3. sailing (e.g. ferry voyage)
  4. service
  5. mail

Popular Usage

便利郵便局不便小便

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built
便

Mnemonic (RtK)

person () · grow late · Ameratasu · one () · ceiling () · sun () · tucked under the arm

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1066

Compound words

便利べんり
convenient; handy; useful
郵便局ゆうびんきょく
post office
不便ふべん
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
小便しょうべん
urine; piss; pee; urination; breaking a contract
便座べんざ
toilet seat
温水洗浄便座おんすいせんじょうべんざ
bidet toilet with a heated water function; warm-water washlet
不便なふべんな
inconvenient
便利なべんりな
convenient
穏便おんびん
gentle; peaceable; amicable; quiet; without fuss
船便ふなびん
surface mail (by ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
大便だいべん
feces; faeces; excrement; stool
便りたより
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
便宜べんぎ
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
便所べんじょ
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
便乗びんじょう
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
便秘べんぴ
constipation
便箋びんせん
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
郵便ゆうびん
mail service; postal service; mail; post; mail
利便りべん
convenience
航空便こうくうびん
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
宅急便たっきゅうびん
TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)
宅配便たくはいびん
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
便利さべんりさ
convenience; handiness; usefulness
速達便そくたつびん
special delivery mail; express delivery post
日本航空124便の搭乗ゲートはどこですか。びん
Where is the boarding gate for Japan Airlines 124?tatoeba
東京発は123便は何時に到着しますか。びん
What time does Flight 123 from Tokyo arrive?tatoeba
東京発の001便で来ました。びん
I was on Flight 001 from Tokyo.tatoeba
東京行きは一日に何便ありますか。びん
How many flights to Tokyo do you offer a day?tatoeba
彼は彼女に便りを出した。
He dropped her a line.tatoeba
彼は都会生活の便利な面を強調した。
He stressed the convenient aspects of city life.tatoeba
彼は親切にも郵便局まで道案内してくれた。
He was kind enough to show me the post office.tatoeba
米は貨幣と同様に通用する便利な商品であった。
Rice, as well as money, was a convenient commercial product that could be circulated.wiki
湖西湖北の列車利用による移動をより便利にする
To make it convenient for passengers to move between the Kosei and Kohoku areas by using trains; andwiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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