彦

See also 彥

Translingual

Han character

彦 (radical 59 彡+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹竹竹竹 (YHHHH))

1. elegant

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

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Japanese

Etymology

/hi1ko1/: [piko] > [ɸiko] > [hiko]. From hi "sun" + ko "man". The male version of 姫 (ひめ, hime) "princess".

Pronunciation

• IPA: [çiko]

Noun

彦 (hiragana ひこ, romaji hiko)

1. a male child; a boy
2. an honorary male child; prince
3. 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

Kanji

彦 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: げん (gen)
• Kun: ひこ (hiko)

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)

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:

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Korean

Hanja

彦 (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune-Reischauer ŏn, Yale en)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

彦 (traditional 彥, pinyin yàn (yan4), Wade-Giles yen⁴)