遍

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everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 扁 sound ( biǎn )

Components 辶扁

everywhere · Heisig RSH #2786

book cover + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Characters sharing the sound component 扁 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
扁 sound part	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