Onyomi: ビン, ベン · Kunyomi: たよ.り · Meanings: chance, convenience, excrement, facility, feces, letter
Kanji for chance, convenience, excrement, facility, feces
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The kanji 便 is formed from the person radical 亻 on the left and the character 更 on the right. The left side 亻 shows a person, suggesting human action or behavior. The right side 更 originally depicted hands changing or replacing something—an action that made things easier or improved. When these two parts were combined, the meaning became “a person making something easier” or “a person providing service.” Over time, this evolved into the idea of convenience, usefulness, or services that make life smoother. It also came to mean messages or deliveries—something that brings ease across distance.
A person (亻) paired with the idea of improving or making things easier (更). Together, they express convenience, service, or something that helps people.
Imagine a helpful person (亻) constantly improving things (更) to make life easier. That’s 便 — convenience or service.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 便 | びん | flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 便 | べん | convenience, service, facility, accommodation | Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 縁 | よすが | something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means | Noun |
| 便利 | べんり | convenient, handy, useful | common JLPT-N5 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 便所 | べんじょ | toilet, lavatory, water closet, restroom, bathroom | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 便り | たより | news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix, Suru verb |
| 頼る | たよる | to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help) | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb, Transitive verb |
| 即ち | すなわち | that is (to say), namely, i.e. | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Conjunction |
| 便箋 | びんせん | writing paper, stationery, notepaper | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 便宜 | べんぎ | convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency | common JLPT-N1 Noun |