便

• 読み: びん
• ローマ字: bin
• 漢字の分解: 便 (ben/bin) — convenience, flight, post
• 発音: /biɴ/

意味

Flight; service; a scheduled transportation or mail delivery service.

When read as びん, this noun refers to a scheduled transportation or mail service. Key compounds: 101便 (hyakuichi bin, flight 101), 航空便 (koukuubin, airmail), 船便 (funabin, sea mail), 定期便 (teikibin, regular/scheduled service). Different from the reading べん, which means convenience or bodily function. The びん reading specifically relates to scheduled transit, delivery, and communication routes.

例文

1. 午後三時の便で東京に向かう予定だ。
2. この荷物は航空便で送ってください。
3. 次の便は一時間後に出発します。

使い方ガイド

場面: travel, postal service, transportation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 便 combines 亻 (person) and 更 (change/renew), originally meaning 'to send a message' — a person carrying something to its destination. The transport meaning developed from this messenger sense.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal