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Kanji Detail for 便 - "convenient, letter, excrement"

便

  • Meaning

    便 means "convenient, letter, excrement."

    1. Convenient - Easy to use; handy.

    2. Letter - Correspondence; news.

    3. Excrement - Bodily waste.

  • Words using 便

    • 郵便 ゆうびん Listen mail service; postal service; mail
    • 便利 べんり Listen convenient; handy; useful
    • 郵便局 ゆうびんきょく Listen post office
    • 便宜 べんぎ Listen convenience; accommodation; advantage
    • 便り たより Listen news; tidings; information
    • 利便 りべん Listen convenience
    • 便利さ べんりさ Listen convenience; handiness; usefulness
    • 不便 ふべん Listen inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

  • Four-character idioms with 便

    • 阿諛便佞 あゆべんねい Listen flattery; adulation; sycophancy

  • Tattoo check: 便

    • Verified meaning: convenient, letter, excrement
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たより, びん)
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 便

    Given names 便(たより)Listen

    Surnames 便(びん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    convenience; facility; excrement; feces; letter; chance

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    convenience, ease; expedient

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    easy, convenient; expedient

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Convenient. Such as 便宜 (convenient), 便利 (convenient). Entrusting matters to someone who is conveniently available is also called 便. Such as 覓便 (find an opportunity), 趁便 (take the opportunity). | Comfortable. All that is comfortable is called 便. Such as 便殿 (informal palace), 便宮 (informal palace), 便坐 (informal seat). Also, without constraint is called 方便. | Immediately; then. Such as 便可 (then it's fine), 便當 (should then). | To urinate or defecate. Such as 大便 (defecation), 小便 (urination). | 便辟: Excessive deference.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ben(ベン) ベン

    bin(ビン) ビン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tayori(たよ-り) たよ-り

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    convenient letter excrement convenience reliability skill feces mail accessible correspondence delivery ease easy handy news post stool waste

Sentences including 便

  • Is there a post office near here?

  • Is there a post office around here?

  • What's your name and flight number?

  • I would be very happy to hear from her.

  • Teach the way from the here to post office.

  • You'll take this to the post office , won't you?

  • I found her letter in the mailbox.

  • Students must not use this toilet.

  • The place is convenient for swimming.

  • Have you heard from her recently?

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