What is the Kanji for "Widely", "Everywhere", and "Universal"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Widely", "Everywhere", and "Universal", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Widely", "Everywhere", and "Universal" is "遍".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Amane".

Its onyomi reading is "Hen".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "辶" means "Walk" . And The component "扁" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "遍" mean in japanese?

"遍" means "Widely", "Everywhere", and "Universal".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

一遍に: "All at once". The adverb '一遍に (いっぺんに)' means 'all at once'. It is used to describe an action that occurs simultaneously or without interruption. This adverb emphasizes the completeness or suddenness of an action. For example: She ate all the cookies at once - (彼女は一遍にクッキーを全部食べた). I paid the entire bill at once - (私は一遍に全額支払った).

普遍: "Universal". The noun '普遍 (ふへん)' means 'universal'. It refers to something that is widely applicable, general, or not limited to a particular context. It can be used to describe ideas, principles, or phenomena that are fundamental and span across different domains. For example: This is a universal truth - (これは普遍の真理である). The universal laws of science - (科学の普遍的な法則).

何遍: "Times". The noun '何遍 (なんべん)' refers to an unspecified or indefinite number of times that an action or event occurs. It is used to ask or express how many times something has happened. For example: How many times have you been to Tokyo? - (東京に何遍行きましたか). I've read this book three times - (この本を何遍も読みました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "へ" is read as "he". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma". And The hiragana "ね" is read as "ne".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.