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便 means 'convenience' or 'tidings'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 907   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-19    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 33    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 55 words   Used in 243 words   Used in 52 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   ビン tidings   ベン convenience   たより tidings, news
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  更 again  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 便 is used 13 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 便 is used 228 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ビン : 124 words FIND ALL
ゆ う び ん き ょ く 3
noun
post office
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ベン : 92 words FIND ALL
べ ん り 1
convenient; handy; useful
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たより : 8 words FIND ALL
た よ り 1
Most common form: たより
noun, noun (suffix), 'suru' verb
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter  (pron. だより as a suffix)
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たより (read as だよ) : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
first letter (of the year, season, etc.); first correspondence
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たより (read as たより) : 1 word FIND ALL
た よ り や 3
noun
man in charge of delivering letters and packages during the Edo period
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An additional 15 less common words include 便 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 610 (originally: 582)  Joy o' Kanji : 582  Key to Kanji: 950 

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便
convenience; tidings   ビン tidings   ベン convenience   たより tidings, news   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
更
コウ   さら again   ふける grow late   ふかす stay up late   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
乂
crossed swords
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