遍 meaning and stroke order
Everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
How to write 遍, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 遍
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- everywhere
- all over
- classifier for actions: one time
- variant of 遍[bian4]
How 遍 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Walk.
辶 gives the meaning and 扁 hints at the sound.
Radical: 辶 (to walk), shared by 131 characters on this site.
How to remember 遍
The walking radical 辶 means you move around, and 扁 (biǎn) gives the sound. Picture walking through every flat corner of a place until you have been everywhere.
遍 is used as a measure word for doing an action once from start to finish, and after verbs to mean "all over" or "through every part." 请再说一遍。(Qǐng zài shuō yī biàn.) Please say it one more time.
Common mistake: Learners mix up 遍 and 次 (cì). 次 just counts occurrences, while 遍 stresses doing the whole thing from beginning to end, so "read the book twice through" is 看了两遍 (kàn le liǎng biàn).
Common words with 遍
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 普遍 | pǔbiàn | universal; general | HSK 3 |
| 遍地 | biàndì | everywhere; all over | HSK 6 |
| 遍布 | biànbù | to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout | HSK 7-9 |
| 一遍 | yībiàn | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 找遍 | zhǎobiàn | to search everywhere; to search high and low | |
| 传遍 | chuánbiàn | to spread widely | |
| 遍及 | biànjí | to extend (everywhere) | |
| 翻遍 | fānbiàn | to rummage through; to turn everything over | |
| 跑遍 | pǎobiàn | to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town) |
遍 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 遍
How many strokes are in 遍?
遍 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 遍 mean?
遍 (biàn) means everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time. A common word with it is 普遍 (pǔbiàn), meaning "universal; general".
How do you pronounce 遍?
遍 is pronounced biàn, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 遍?
The radical of 遍 is 辶, which carries the idea of "to walk". Dictionaries list 遍 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 遍?
The traditional form of 遍 is 徧. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 遍 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 遍 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 遍 is part of the HSK 2 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 2.
What is the difference between 遍 and 编 (biān)?
They share the phonetic 扁, but 编 has the silk radical 纟 and means to weave, edit, or compile. 遍 has the walking radical 辶 and means all over or one time through. They also differ in tone: 遍 is fourth tone, 编 is first tone.
How does 遍 work after a verb, as in 找遍?
Placed after a verb, 遍 shows the action covered every place or item. 我找遍了房间 (wǒ zhǎo biàn le fángjiān) means "I searched the whole room." Other examples are 传遍 (spread everywhere) and 翻遍 (rummage through everything).