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Mythic Mandarin

遍 (biàn): meaning and stroke order

遍 (biàn) means everywhere, all over, classifier for actions: one time, variant of 遍.

遍

Simplified
遍
Traditional
遍, 徧
Pinyin
biàn

Stroke order of 遍

遍

  • biàn variant of 遍[bian4]
  • biàn everywhere; all over
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 徧

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 遍

  1. biàn
    • everywhere
    • all over
    • classifier for actions: one time
  2. biàn Traditional 徧
    • variant of 遍[bian4]

Radical and structure

遍
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 12 strokes · built from 辶 and 扁

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

遍 in our stories

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  • 她提前半个小时就到了，坐在门口一遍一遍地练习准备好的回答。

    tā tíqián bàn gè xiǎoshí jiù dào le zuò zài ménkǒu yí biàn yí biàn de liànxí zhǔnbèi hǎo de huídá

    She arrives half an hour early and sits by the door going over her prepared answers again and again.

    From the story The honest answer HSK 3

  • 她还用手机找到了那天音乐会的视频，看了很多遍。

    tā hái yòng shǒujī zhǎodào le nà tiān yīnyuèhuì de shìpín kàn le hěn duō biàn

    She also found a video of the concert on her phone and watched it many times.

    From the story That last piece HSK 3

  • 楼下有一家小面馆，每次去，她都要跟老板说一遍：“不要辣。”

    lóuxià yǒu yì jiā xiǎo miànguǎn měicì qù tā dōu yào gēn lǎobǎn shuō yí biàn búyào là

    There was a little noodle shop downstairs, and every time she went she had to tell the owner, "No chilli."

    From the story No chilli, please HSK 4

Stories using 遍

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).