Today’s #kanji is #便, which is made of the semantic element of にんべん（亻） and the phonetic element of 更, although 便 and 更 don’t share a same sound. 便’s original meaning was apparently “a servant” but it does not have this meaning in the modern Japanese any more. Then do you know what that means?
Meaning: convenience, service, excrement
Reading: ベン、ビン、たよ
便所（ベンジョ）: a toilet, a lavatory
便利（ベンリ）（な）: convenient, handy, useful
小便（ショウベン）: urine
大便（ダイベン）: faeces, excrement
交通（コウツウ）の便（ベン）: (public) transportation facilities
便乗（ビンジョウ）する: to take a ride (with …), to go along (with….); to take advantage of…
航空便（コウクウビン）: air transport; airmail
船便（ふなビン）: a boat/ferry service, sea mail
郵便（ユウビン）: the mail service, (the) mail
風（かぜ）の便（たよ）り: a rumor; a word in the air
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