翻遍
fān​biàn

rummage

翻 fān flip over

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

番
番 Sound component
fān to take turns
羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰan
Unicodepiæn

說文解字

《說文新附》：“翻，飛也。从羽，番聲。或从飛。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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