便 Kanji – convenience
The Japanese kanji 便 can mean convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance.
Meaning and Readings
How is 便 read?
便 has the onyomi readings ベン, ビン and the kunyomi reading たより.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ben, bin, tayori.
Common Japanese Words Using 便
These common Japanese words contain 便. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 穏便（おんびん） — gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet
- 航空便（こうくうびん） — airmail, air mail
- 船便（ふなびん） — surface mail (by ship), sea mail
- 大便（だいべん） — feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 宅配便（たくはいびん） — express home delivery service
- 不便（ふべん） — inconvenience, inexpediency, unhandiness
- 便（びん） — flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service
- 便り（たより） — news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便宜（べんぎ） — convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 便所（べんじょ） — toilet, lavatory, water closet, restroom, bathroom