Kanji

便

convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ベン, ビン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たより

Nanori (Name Reading)

やす

Common Readings

ビン, ベン, たよ…り

Example sentences

スマートフォンは生活を非常に便利にした。

Smartphones have made life extremely convenient.

このスマートフォンには便利な機能がたくさんあります。

This smartphone has many convenient functions.

この辺りはバスの本数が少なくて、移動が不便だ。

The number of buses around here is small, making moving around inconvenient.

この路線はバスの本数が少ないので不便だ。

This route is inconvenient because there are few buses.

トラブルを避けるため、問題を穏便に解決することにした。

To avoid trouble, I decided to settle the problem amicably.

午後の便で荷物を送る。

Send the package by the afternoon flight/mail.

彼女は便箋に手紙を書いた。

She wrote a letter on notepaper.

すみません、便所はどこですか。

Excuse me, where is the restroom?

子供がトイレで小便をした

The child urinated in the toilet.

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便

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Example Vocabulary

便利

不便

穏便

便

便乗

便箋

便所

方便

小便

便宜を図る

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