普遍
pǔ​biàn HSK3

widespread

普 pǔ universal

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 並 represents the sound.

Components

並
並 Sound component
side by side
Change in sound
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

谱氆镨譜潽

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“暜，日無色也。从日，从竝。”

Sources

Character origin
zdic
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

遍 biàn everywhere

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpeːns
Unicodebiɛ̀n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang