遍

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See also: 徧
遍 U+904D, 遍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-904D
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Translingual

Stroke order
13 strokes
Traditional 遍
Simplified 遍
Japanese 遍
Korean 遍

Han character

遍 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜竹尸月 (YHSB) or 卜戈尸月 (YISB), four-corner 33302, composition ⿺辶扁)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1261, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39001
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1753, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3867, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+904D

Chinese

trad. 遍
simp. # 遍
alternative forms 徧
㴜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (扁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斒 *preːn, *praːn
鯿 *praːn, *pen
編 *pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
揙 *pen
褊 *penʔ
篇 *pʰen
偏 *pʰen, *pʰens
翩 *pʰen
媥 *pʰen
扁 *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ
萹 *pʰen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
騗 *pʰens
騙 *pʰens
諞 *ben, *brenʔ, *benʔ
楄 *ben, *beːn
蝙 *peːn
甂 *peːn
猵 *peːn, *binʔ
牑 *peːn
蹁 *peːn, *beːn
匾 *peːnʔ
碥 *peːnʔ
惼 *peːnʔ
糄 *peːnʔ
徧 *peːns
遍 *peːns
頨 *peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan
艑 *beːnʔ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • phiàn - vernacular;
  • piàn - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 遍
Mandarin Beijing /pian⁵¹/
Harbin /pian⁵³/
/pʰian⁵³/
Tianjin /pian⁵³/
Jinan /piã²¹/
Qingdao /piã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pian³¹²/
Xi'an /piã⁴⁴/
Xining /piã²¹³/
Yinchuan /pian¹³/ 一～
/pʰian¹³/ ～地
Lanzhou /piɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /pian²¹³/
Wuhan /piɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /pʰian¹³/
Guiyang /pʰian²¹³/
Kunming /piɛ̃²¹²/ 一～
/pʰiɛ̃²¹²/ ～地
Nanjing /pien⁴⁴/
Hefei /pʰiĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /pie⁴⁵/
Pingyao /pie̞³⁵/
Hohhot /pie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /pi³⁵/
Suzhou /piɪ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /piẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /pi⁴²/
Hui Shexian /pe³²⁴/
Tunxi /piɛ⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /pʰiẽ⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /pʰiẽ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /piɛn⁴⁵/ 一～
/pʰiɛn²¹³/ 普～
Hakka Meixian /pʰien⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /pien⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pʰin³³/
Nanning /pʰin³³/
Hong Kong /pʰin³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /pian²¹/
/pʰian²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /pʰiɛŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /pʰiŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /piaŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /fin³⁵/
Rime
Character 遍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 方見切
Baxter penH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/penH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/penH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pɛnH/
Li
Rong 		/penH/
Wang
Li 		/pienH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		biàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 遍
Reading # 1/1
No. 740
Phonetic
component 		扁
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		徧
Old
Chinese 		/*peːns/
Notes 俗徧字原列在線韻

Definitions

遍

  1. to be everywhere; to be spread out; to lay out
    遍歷／遍历  ―  biànlì  ―  to traverse
  2. (literary, or in compounds) common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
  3. Classifier for occurrences of events.
    請再說一遍。／请再说一遍。  ―  Qǐng zài shuō yī biàn.  ―  Please say it again.
    已經講咗N遍／已经讲咗N遍 [Cantonese]  ―  ji5 ging1 gong2 zo2 en1 pin3   ―  have already said it so many times

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 遍
Kyūjitai
遍󠄁
遍+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
遍󠄃
遍+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遍

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. repetition, return
  2. extensively, everywhere

Readings

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Counter

遍(へん) • (-hen) 

  1. (number of) times
    二(に)遍(へん)も三(さん)遍(へん)も(も)
    ni-hen mo san-hen mo
    two or three times

References

  1. ^ “遍”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

遍 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遍: Hán Nôm readings: bận, biến

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