遍
everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,926 U+904D
How 遍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 扁 (phonetic, biǎn)
How to remember it
everywhere · Heisig RSH #2786
book cover + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 扁
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 扁 (biǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扁 sound component | biǎn | flat; board, sign, tablet |
| 偏 | piān | slanting, inclined; prejudiced |
| 编 | biān | to knit, to weave; to arrange, to compile |
| 骗 | piàn | to cheat, to defraud, to swindle |
| 翩 | piān | to fly, to flutter |
| 煸 | biān | to stir-fry before broiling or stewing |
| 猵 | biān | otter |
| 蝙 | biān | bat |
| 犏 | piān | yak-ox |
| 稨 | biǎn | hyacinth bean, haricot |
| 褊 | biǎn | 4cramped, narrow; crowded; urgent |
| 鳊 | biān | bream |
| 碥 | biǎn | dangerous rocks jutting out over rapids |
| 谝 | piǎn | to brag, to boast; to quibble |
| 蹁 | pián | to limp |
Words containing 遍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遍地开花 | biàn dì kāi huā | (idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large sca… |
| 普遍性假设 | pǔ biàn xìng jiǎ shè | universal hypothesis |
| 满山遍野 | mǎn shān biàn yě | covering the whole land; over hills and dales |
| 普遍性 | pǔ biàn xìng | ubiquity; universality |
| 普遍化 | pǔ biàn huà | generalization (logic) |
| 二遍苦 | èr biàn kǔ | second persecution |
| 漫天遍地 | màn tiān biàn dì | lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom); fig. everywhere; as far as the eye … |
| 一遍 | yī biàn | one time (all the way through); once through |
| 遍地 | biàn dì | everywhere; all over |
| 遍体 | biàn tǐ | all over the body |
| 漫山遍野 | màn shān biàn yě | lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom); fig. as far as the eye can see; coveri… |
| 漫天遍野 | màn tiān biàn yě | lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see |
| 遍布 | biàn bù | to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout |
| 遍身 | biàn shēn | over the whole body |
| 传遍 | chuán biàn | to spread widely |
| 尸横遍野 | shī héng biàn yě | (idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle) |
| 横尸遍野 | héng shī biàn yě | corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle) |
| 普遍 | pǔ biàn | universal; general; widespread; common |
| 遍体鳞伤 | biàn tǐ lín shāng | (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue |
| 一遍又一遍 | yī biàn yòu yī biàn | over and over |