便
Convenience
Meanings
Convenience, Facility, Excrement, Feces, Letter, Chance
On'yomi
べん、 びん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
たよ.り
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
便 is written in 9 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
便 (Convenience) is taught on WaniKani at level 11 and appears in the JLPT N3 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 4 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #729 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 9 strokes.
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