便 convenience
Also: mail
- On'yomi
- ベン、ビン
- Kun'yomi
- たよ-り
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 4
In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): たよ-り.
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Remember it
A person (亻) shows up again (更) and again with your letters — that daily mail delivery is the height of convenience.
A common word
- 便利 べんり convenient
Example sentences
このアパートは駅に近くて便利です。
このあぱーとはえきにちかくてべんりです。
This apartment is close to the station, so it's convenient.
この町はバスが少なくて不便です。
このまちはばすがすくなくてふべんです。
This town has few buses, so it's inconvenient.
Kanji that share a part
亻 is its radical. 110 kanji share it in all.
更 is a component.
- 硬 hard N2
- 梗 outline N1