便

9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N3

convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance

Kun'yomi
  • news
On'yomi
  • convenience ②excreta (esp. feces)
  • flight (e.g. airline flight) ②mail ③opportunity

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ビン 57.3%
ベン 39.1%
たよ 3.5%

Character Breakdown

convenience, facility, excrement
ビン ベン たよ.り (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
grow late, night watch, sit up late
さら コウ ふ.ける (7th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

flight (e.g. airline flight) ②mail ③opportunity
expedient ②upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
inconvenience
urine ②breaking a contract
express home delivery service ②express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
gentle ②without fuss
mail service ②mail
taking advantage of (an opportunity) ②taking passage (in)
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References

Unicode hex code 4FBF
JIS X 0208 1-42-56
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 450
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 219
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 95
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 105
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 71
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 75
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 991
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1066
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 578
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 265
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 659
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 582
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 330
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 330
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 510
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 118
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 610
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 533
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 227
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.8
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 101
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1000
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a7.5
Four corner code 2124.6
De Roo Code 2166