JLPT N3 · 9 strokes
Kanji 便: "convenience, facility, excrement"
The kanji 便 means "convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ベン, ビン in on'yomi and たよ.り in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ベンビン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たよ.り
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 729 of 2,501 |
Common words with 便
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 便利convenient; handy; useful
- 不便inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
- 便flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); sailing (e.g. ferry voyage); service · mail; post; letter
- 穏便gentle; peaceable; amicable; quiet · without fuss; simply
- 便所toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom
- 便乗taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon · taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
- 便箋writing paper; stationery; notepaper
- 方便means; expedient; instrument · upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
- 便りnews; tidings; information; correspondence
- 郵便mail service; postal service; mail; post · mail; postal matter; postal items
- 小便urine; piss; pee; urination · breaking a contract
- 郵便局post office
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