The kanji 便: meaning, readings and stroke order

便

Meaning: convenient, news
On reading: ベン ben、ビン bin
Kun reading: たよ（り） tayori
Strokes: 9
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tiện lợi, tin tức (tiện)
Japanese: べんり。たより。
Korean: 편리하다, 소식 (변·편)
Chinese: 方便、消息

Readings, words and example sentences

ベン ben · on reading

便べん利り
handy, convenient
この道具はとても 便べん利りです。
This tool is very handy.

ビン bin · on reading

船ふな便びん
sending by ship
船ふな便びんで荷を送ります。
I send the package by ship.

たよ（り） tayori · kun reading

便たより
news, a letter
遠くの友だちから 便たよりが来ました。
I got a letter from a friend far away.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.