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Kanji 便: meanings, readings, and example words.

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

Key takeaways

Kanji 便: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

便
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Meaning

conveniencefacilityexcrementfecesletterchance

On reading

ベンビン

Kun reading

たよ.り

Radical

人

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 便

convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance

Kanji structure breakdown

便

Structure breakdown

亻 + 更

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

When a person (亻) changes or renews (更) things for the better, it leads to convenience. It also refers to news or mail delivered by a person.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ベン
  • 大便だいべん

    feces / excrement

  • 不便ふびん

    inconvenient / not handy

  • 便宜べんぎ

    convenience / advantage / expedience

  • 小便しょうべん

    urine / piss (colloquial)

  • 便箋びんせん

    writing paper / stationery

  • 船便ふなびん

    surface mail by ship

  • 便所べんじょ

    toilet / restroom / lavatory

  • 便びん

    convenience / means / method

Kun reading

たよ.り
  • 便りたより

    news / letter / correspondence

Commonly used words

  • 大便
    だいべん

    feces / excrement

  • 不便
    ふびん

    inconvenient / not handy

  • 便宜
    べんぎ

    convenience / advantage / expedience

  • 小便
    しょうべん

    urine / piss (colloquial)

  • 便箋
    びんせん

    writing paper / stationery

  • 船便
    ふなびん

    surface mail by ship

  • 便り
    たより

    news / letter / correspondence

Example sentences

Example 1

子どもの大便をきれいに拭く。

Translation

Wipe the child's feces clean.

Example 2

犬の大便を拾ってください。

Translation

Please pick up the dog's feces.

Example 3

この場所はちょっと不便です。

Translation

This place is a bit inconvenient.

Example 4

不便でもがまんします。

Translation

I will endure it even if it's inconvenient.

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