528 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
626 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
596 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
219 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
200 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
355 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
436 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
329 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
329 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
248 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
189 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1431 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1029 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
915 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1932 | Morohashi |
1114 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
466 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
906 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
972 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
180 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
491 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 利 【リ】 advantage, benefit, profit, interest
- 利上げ 【リアゲ】 increase in interest rates
- 低利 【テイリ】 low interest rate
- 水利 【スイリ】 utilization of water, water supply, irrigation, water transportation, navigability (e.g. of a river)
Kun reading compounds
- 効く 【きく】 to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, to taste (alcohol), to try
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かが、 と、 とし、 のり、 み、 りい
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- ganancia
- ventaja
- beneficio
- ser efectivo
Portuguese
- lucro
- vantagem
- benefício
French
- profit
- avantage
- bénéfice
2243 | 2001 Kanji |
5d2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
2290.0 | Four corner code |
1-45-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5229 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 利便 【リベン】 convenience
- 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
- 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights
Kun reading compounds
- 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon, byeon
Spanish
- conveniencia
- excremento
- noticias
- correspondencia
- carta
Portuguese
- conveniência
French
- commodité
- courrier
- vol (avion)
- nouvelles
510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
610 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
582 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
578 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
118 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
330 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
101 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
75 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1000 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
659 | Morohashi |
95 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
991 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1066 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
533 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2166 | 2001 Kanji |
2a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
2124.6 | Four corner code |
1-42-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fbf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10478 | Morohashi |
299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1172 | 2001 Kanji |
4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
1-1-7 | SKIP code |
9501.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6027 | Unicode hex code |