# 遍

| 遍 | U+904D, &#36941; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-904D |
| ← 遌 [U+904C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 過 → [U+904E] |

## Translingual

| 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 3330$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (bian$^4$, pian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄆㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pin$^3$ / bin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien / pien
* Eastern Min (BUC): piéng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phiàn / piàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): biang$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$pi / $^5$phi / $^5$pien
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^4$
*** Yale: byàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
*** Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: piàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: piàn
*** Wade–Giles: pʻien$^4$
*** Yale: pyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piann
*** Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pin$^3$ / bin$^3$
*** Yale: pin / bin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pin$^3$ / bin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pin$^3$ / bin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːn³³/, /piːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien / pien
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien / bien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pian$^4$ / bian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵/, /pi̯en⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: piéng
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* phiàn - vernacular;
* piàn - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit遍 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pian⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pian⁵³/ /pʰian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /piã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /piã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pian³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /piã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /piã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pian¹³/ 一～ /pʰian¹³/ ～地 |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /piɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /piɛn³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰian¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /piɛ̃²¹²/ 一～ /pʰiɛ̃²¹²/ ～地 |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pien⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰiĩ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pie⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pie̞³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pie⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /piɪ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /piẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰin³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰin³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pian²¹/ /pʰian²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰiɛŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰiŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /piaŋ²¹³/ |
| Min | 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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^3$ |
* 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
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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] ― ji$^5$ ging$^1$ gong$^2$ zo$^2$ en$^1$ pin$^3$ [Jyutping] ― have already said it so many times
* (computing) pass, a run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
       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):
* 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 Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 遍 |
| Kyūjitai | 遍󠄁 遍+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 遍󠄃 遍+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* repetition, return
* extensively, everywhere

#### 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: [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]‎ (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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## Vietnamese
### Han character

遍: Hán Nôm readings: bận, biến
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