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CHINESE CHARACTER

biàn

遍

遍

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measure word (activities)

Numbered pinyin
bian4
English meanings
m.[activity]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the lower left structure

Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 辶; inside 扁.

Meaning & sound clues

辶 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.

扁 is identified as the sound component (biǎn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 遍.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿺辶扁

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我dú读le了sān三biàn遍。

    I read it three times.

  2. 02

    zàishuō再说yī一biàn遍。

    Say it once more.

  3. 03

    zǒu走biàn遍tiānxià天下。

    Travel everywhere.

  4. 04

    wèn问biàn遍suǒyǒu所有rén人。

    Asked everyone.

  5. 05

    zhè这kè课wǒ我niàn念le了hěn很duō多biàn遍。

    I recited this lesson many times.

  6. 06

    zhǎo找biàn遍yě也méi没zhǎodào找到。

    Looked everywhere but didn't find it.

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