遍

See also: 徧

遍	U+904D, 遍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-904D

← 遌
[U+904C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

過 →
[U+904E]

Translingual

Stroke order

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)

Derived characters

𭢬, 𮂝, 𨆩, 𬩢, 𦽟

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàn, piàn (bian⁴, pian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄆㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³ / bin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien / pien
Eastern Min (BUC): piéng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phiàn / piàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): biang³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵pi / ⁵phi / ⁵pien

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴
  - Yale: byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
  - Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piàn
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴
  - Yale: pyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piann
  - Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pin³ / bin³
  - Yale: pin / bin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin³ / bin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin³ / bin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³/, /piːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien / pien
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien / bien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴ / bian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵/, /pi̯en⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: piéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn / piàn
  - Tâi-lô: phiàn / piàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiexn, piexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn²¹/, /piɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴¹/, /piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn²¹/, /piɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn¹¹/, /piɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn²¹/, /piɛn²¹/

Note:

phiàn - vernacular;
piàn - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: biang³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piàng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ²¹³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pi
  - MiniDict: pi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pi⁵²³/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phi
  - MiniDict: phi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pien
  - MiniDict: pien^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /piẽ̞⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/piɛ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰiẽ⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/pʰiẽ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/piɛn⁴⁵/ 一～ /pʰiɛn²¹³/ 普～
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰien⁴⁴/
Hakka	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/

Middle Chinese: penH

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	/pen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn^H/
Li Rong	/pen^H/
Wang Li	/pien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*peːns/

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

to be everywhere; to be spread out; to lay out
遍歷／遍历 ― biànlì ― to traverse
- 小惠未遍，民弗從也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  小惠未遍，民弗从也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Xiǎohuì wèi biàn, mín fú cóng yě. [Pinyin]
  Such paltry charity cannot reach all. The people will not follow you.
(literary, or in compounds) common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
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 [Jyutping] ― have already said it so many times
(computing) pass, a run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
多遍編譯能夠使優化工作做得更多、更充分，可獲得更高質量的目標程序。 [MSC, trad.]
多遍编译能够使优化工作做得更多、更充分，可获得更高质量的目标程序。 [MSC, simp.]
Duō biàn biānyì nénggòu shǐ yōuhuà gōngzuò zuò dé gèngduō, gèng chōngfēn, kě huòdé gèng gāo zhìliàng de mùbiāo chéngxù. [Pinyin]
Multiple-pass compilation allows for more extensive and thorough optimization, resulting in a higher quality target program.

Synonyms

(to spread out): 布滿／布满 (bùmǎn)
(common):

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共通 (gòngtōng)
廣／广
廣泛／广泛 (guǎngfàn)
普通 (pǔtōng)
普遍
泛濫／泛滥 (fànlàn) (archaic)
流行 (liúxíng)

Compounds

一遍 (yībiàn)
周遍 (zhōubiàn)
哀鴻遍地／哀鸿遍地
哀鴻遍野／哀鸿遍野 (āihóngbiànyě)
屍橫遍野／尸横遍野 (shīhéngbiànyě)
急遍
排遍
普遍
普遍性 (pǔbiànxìng)
普遍級／普遍级
歷遍／历遍 (lìpiàn)
漫天遍野
漫山遍野 (mànshānbiànyě)
瀰山遍野／弥山遍野
袞遍／衮遍
走遍天下 (zǒubiàntiānxià)
遍及 (biànjí)
遍告
遍地
遍地荒旱
遍地開花／遍地开花 (biàndìkāihuā)
遍布 (biànbù)
遍歷／遍历 (biànlì)
遍視／遍视 (biànshì)
遍處／遍处 (biànchù)
遍行 (biànxíng)
遍觀／遍观 (biànguān)
遍請／遍请 (biànqǐng)
遍野 (biànyě)
遍體／遍体
遍體生津／遍体生津
遍體鱗傷／遍体鳞伤 (biàntǐlínshāng)
頌聲遍野／颂声遍野

References

“Entry #10180”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Shinjitai	遍
Kyūjitai ^[1]	遍󠄁 遍+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遍󠄃 遍+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遍

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kun: あまねし (amaneshi, 遍し)、あまねく (amaneku, 遍く)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Counter

遍(へん) • (-hen)

(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

^ “遍”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

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

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