普 pǔ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 並 to combine, to annex 日 sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
普遍
pǔbiàn
common
Characters in this word
遍 biàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这很普遍。 Zhè hěn pǔbiàn. This is very common.
- 感冒很普遍。 Gǎnmào hěn pǔbiàn. A cold is very common.
- 这种事普遍。 Zhè zhǒng shì pǔbiàn. This kind of thing is common.
Related words
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 普及 pǔjí widespread; to make widespread
- 遍 biàn once (measure word for actions)
- 全面 quánmiàn complete; all-around
- 分别 fēnbié separately; to part
- 重大 zhòngdà major; important
- 类似 lèisì similar
- 专门 zhuānmén specially
- 相似 xiāngsì similar
- 客观 kèguān objective
- 相关 xiāngguān related