彦
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Han character
彦 (radical 59 彡+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹竹竹竹 (YHHHH))
[edit] References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 363, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9981
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 854, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5F66
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Etymology
/hi1ko1/: [piko] > [ɸiko] > [hiko]. From hi "sun" + ko "man". The male version of 姫 (ひめ, hime) "princess".
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [çiko]
[edit] Noun
- a male child; a boy
- an honorary male child; prince
- chieftain; in ancient Japan, the ruler of a regional land
- 3rd century: 魏志倭人伝 (page 105-106)
- 其大官曰卑狗、副曰卑奴母離
- 3rd century: 魏志倭人伝 (page 105-106)
[edit] Kanji
彦 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
[edit] Readings
[edit] Synonyms
- 王子 (おうこ, Ōji): a prince
- 王 (おう, Ō): "king, a ruler"
- 主権彦 (しゅけんひこ, shuken-hiko): "sovereign prince" -- a "Prince Regent"
- 主權彦 (しゅけんひこ, shuken-hiko): "sovereign prince" -- a "prince regent"
- 若君 (わかぎみ, wakagimi)
[edit] References
- 1985 May 16 [c. 3rd century], Ishihara, Michihiro, Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-334011-6, page p. 105-106:
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
彦 (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune-Reischauer ŏn, Yale en)