Chinese symbol for “universal”
普遍
pǔ biàn
universal; general; widespread; common
The closest CC-CEDICT match for universal is 普遍 (pǔ biàn), defined as: universal; general; widespread; common.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “universal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百科 | bǎi kē | universal; encyclopedic |
| 普世 | pǔ shì | universal; worldwide |
| 共通 | gòng tōng | universal; applicable to all (or both); shared; common |
| 万有 (萬有) | wàn yǒu | universal |
| 普适 (普適) | pǔ shì | universal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 普遍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 普及 | pǔ jí | to spread extensively; to generalize |
| 普查 | pǔ chá | census; general survey |
| 普通话 (普通話) | pǔ tōng huà | Putonghua; standard Mandarin |
| 科普 | kē pǔ | popularization of science (abbr. for 科学普及 (kē xué pǔ jí)); (attributive) popular science |
| 一遍 | yī biàn | one time (all the way through); once through |
| 遍布 | biàn bù | to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout |
| 遍及 | biàn jí | to extend (everywhere) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “universal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.