遍
everywhere; all over
Closest English meanings
all over·everywhere·time
The Calligrapher — Wēng Fānggāng 翁方纲
Qing scholar-calligrapher of precise regular script.
Qing calligrapher (), master of regular script — known for 肌理说. Qing dynasty
Cultural Story
Bian is the whole surface walked — everywhere reached. Wang Wei's homesick verse spread it across a festival hill: 'everywhere (bian) kin insert dogwood sprays, and one is missing.' The word measures coverage to the last mile.
Common words & phrases
- 普遍 universal · general
- 遍布 spread all over
- 一遍 one time · once
- 走遍 travel all over
- 遍野 all over the field
Read the story behind the character
Bian saturates modern coverage: pubian (universal) complaint about the heat, bianbu (spread all over) the QR code on every lamppost, yi bian (one more time) replaying the song, zou bian (walk all over) the old city in a day, and bianye (blanket the fields) — rapeseed flowers to the horizon.
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