遍
遍 — Everywhere
everywhere, times, widely, generally
On’yomiヘン (hen)
Kun’yomiあまねく (amaneku)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 遍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 普遍 | ふへん fuhen | universal; general; ubiquitous |
| 普遍的 | ふへんてき fuhenteki | universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous |
| 何遍 | なんべん nanben | how many times; how often |
| 一遍に | いっぺんに ippenni | (all) at once; at the same time; in one go |
| 遍歴 | へんれき henreki | travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy |
| 一遍 | いっぺん ippen | once; one time; exclusively |
Study notes
遍 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1845 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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