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) |
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
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 6
JLPT level N1
862 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秘 【ヒ】 secret, mystery
- 秘書 【ヒショ】 (private) secretary, treasured book, secret book
- 部外秘 【ブガイヒ】 restricted, confidential
- 社外秘 【シャガイヒ】 company secret
Kun reading compounds
- 秘める 【ひめる】 to hide, to keep to oneself
- 密か 【ひそか】 secret, private, surreptitious
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- secreto
- misterio
- mala evacuación
- esconder
- mantener en secreto
Portuguese
- segredo
- esconder
French
- garder secret
- cacher
974 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
964 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
865 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
940 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1583 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1117 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
807 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
824 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1102 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1436 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1490 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1074 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
913 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24977 | Morohashi |
1159 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4140 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
904 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
970 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
915 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2259 | 2001 Kanji |
5d5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-5 | SKIP code |
2390.0 | Four corner code |
1-40-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
79d8 | Unicode hex code |