便
chance, convenience, excrement, facility, feces, letter

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ビンベン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たよ.り

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:4
Strokes:9
JLPT:3
Frequency:729

Vocabulary

ビン

WordReadingMeaning
航空便コウクウビンairmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
船便センビンsurface mail (by ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
便宜ビンギconvenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
便乗ビンジョウtaking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
便箋ビンセンwriting paper; stationery; notepaper

ベン

WordReadingMeaning
大便ダイベンfeces; faeces; excrement; stool
不便フベンinconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
便宜ベンギconvenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
便利ベンリconvenient; handy; useful
小便ショウベンurine; piss; pee; urination; breaking a contract

Other

WordReadingMeaning
船便ふなびんsurface mail (by ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
便ちすなわちthat is (to say); namely; i.e.; precisely; exactly; just; nothing but; neither more nor less; (and) then
便びんflight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); service; mail; post; letter; opportunity; chance
便りたよりnews; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
便りだよりnews; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

更
again, further, grow late, more and more, night watch, of course, renew, renovate, sit up late
Grade 8JLPT 3
硬
hard, stiff
Grade 8JLPT 2
復
restore, resume, return to, revert
Grade 5JLPT 2
陳
exhibit, explain, relate, state
Grade 8JLPT 1
凍
congeal, frozen, refrigerate
Grade 8JLPT 2
値
cost, price, value
Grade 6JLPT 3
東
east
Grade 2JLPT 5
児
child, newborn babe, young of animals
Grade 4JLPT 2
棟
ridge, ridgepole
Grade 8JLPT 1
順
docility, obey, occasion, order, right, turn
Grade 4JLPT 2