遍
everywhere, times, widely, generally
Readings
On'yomi
- ヘン
Kun'yomi
- あまね.く
Meaning
遍 centers on the idea of something spreading or occurring across a wide area or many instances: everywhere, widely, generally, or a number of times.
Most common words using 遍
20 of 41- 遍羅べら
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
- 普遍ふへんN1
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
- 遍へん
number of times
- 一遍いっぺん
once; one time
- 遍歴へんれき
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
- 遍路へんろ
pilgrimage
- 一遍にいっぺんにN3
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; in one sitting
- 満遍なくまんべんなく
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
- 遍くあまねく
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally; universally
- 遍在へんざい
omnipresence; ubiquity
- 普遍的ふへんてき
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
- 何遍なんべんN1
how many times; how often
- もう一遍もういっぺん
once more; again
- 三遍回って煙草にしょさんべんまわってタバコにしょ
measure twice and cut once; don't slack off until the job's done properly; go around three times before you take a smoke
- 何遍もなんべんも
repeatedly; several times; many times
- 四国遍路しこくへんろ
Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
- 女性遍歴じょせいへんれき
one's history of love affairs with women
- 恋愛遍歴れんあいへんれき
history of one's love affairs
- 普遍代数ふへんだいすう
universal algebra
- 普遍分類体系ふへんぶんるいたいけい
universal classification system; general classification system
Study
Etymology
遍 combines 辶 (movement) with 扁, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of flatness or spreading out, together suggesting moving everywhere or covering widely.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 扁, like a flat object being carried everywhere. Imagine a flat map being walked around until it covers every place.
Reading mnemonic
For ヘン, picture a hen wandering everywhere in the yard: hen -> ヘン, and the hen goes widely around the farm.