便

Meanings: convenient, post

On Readings: ビン bin

Kun Readings: たよ（り） tayo(ri)

Most Used Pronunciation: bin
JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji)

Grade: 4

Kanji Part: 人

Stroke Number: 9

Level 3 Completion 278 / 284

Common jukugo
便所 - べん　じょ ben jo - toilet
航空便 - こう　くう　びん kou kuu bin - air mail
便利 - べん　り ben ri - convenient, handy

Useful Examples
Japanese: 航空便だといくらかかりますか。
Romaji: koukuubin da to ikura kakarimasu ka.
English: What's the airmail rate?

Japanese: 東京発の００１便で来ました。
Romaji: toukyouhatsu no 001 bin de kimashita.
English: I was on Flight 001 from Tokyo.

Japanese: 生徒はこの便所を使ってはならない。
Romaji: seito wa kono benjo o tsukatte hanaranai.
English: Students must not use this toilet.

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Notes/Mnemonic
The radical is a person (人) and the right means 'change' (更). A change in people makes everything more CONVENIENT

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.