Kanji1 / 12
遍 kanji
everywhere, times, widely, generally
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ヘン
Kun readings
あまねく
Words with 遍
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —普遍原理universal principle; universal principles
- —普遍文法universal grammar
- —義理一遍perfunctory; going-through-the-motions-sort of (invitation, gift, etc.)
- —正直一遍honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest
- —女性遍歴one's history of love affairs with women
- —読書百遍repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)
- —普遍妥当universal validity; fitting into any situation
- —恋愛遍歴history of one's love affairs
- —もう一遍once more; again
- —普遍論争(debate over) the problem of universals
- —四国遍路Shikoku pilgrimage (to the 88 temples); Shikoku pilgrim
- —遍照金剛Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)
- —普遍代数universal algebra
- —現場百遍a crime scene is best visited 100 times
- —普遍妥当性ability to fit into any situation
- —普遍的法則universal law
- —普遍分類体系universal classification system; general classification system
- —三遍回って煙草にしょmeasure twice and cut once; don't slack off until the job's done properly; go around three times before you take a smoke
- —読書百遍意自ずから通ずrepeated reading makes the meaning clear; read a difficult book a hundred times
- —遍昭universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)