彦

See also: 彥

彦 U+5F66, 彦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F66 ← 彥 [U+5F65] CJK Unified Ideographs 彧 → [U+5F67]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢞆 𢢋 𢱘 楌 𦞎 諺(谚) 𨩱 齴 𠦳 顔(颜) 𢵲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 363, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9981
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 854, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5F66

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
喭	*ŋaːns, *ŋrans
鏟	*sŋ̊ʰreːnʔ, *sŋ̊ʰraːns
産	*sŋreːnʔ
簅	*sreːnʔ
摌	*sreːnʔ
嵼	*sŋreːnʔ
滻	*sŋreːnʔ
顏	*ŋraːn
楌	*ŋraːn
偐	*ŋraːns
齴	*ŋranʔ
遃	*ŋranʔ
嵃	*ŋranʔ
彦	*ŋrans
諺	*ŋrans

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see 彥 (“elegant; handsome; learned; accomplished”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 彥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see 顏 (“forehead, especially the glabellar area; countenance; facial expression; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 顏).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	彦
Kyūjitai	彥

Kanji

彦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彥)

1. accomplished young man

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: げん (gen)
• Kun: ひこ (hiko, 彦)
• Nanori: お (o); さと (sato); ひこ (hiko); ひろ (hiro); やす (yasu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

• 俊彦(しゅんげん) (shungen)
• 諸彦(しょげん) (shogen)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
彦
ひこ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
彥 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 彦 – see the following entry.

【ひこ】 [noun] (euphemistic, poetic) a boy, young man; especially: [noun] a prince [noun] (historical) a chieftain in ancient Japan

(This term, 彦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• Ishihara, Michihiro (1985 May 16) [c. 3rd century] Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN, pages 105-106

Korean

Hanja

彦 (eum 언 (eon))

1. Alternative form of 彥

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 29. [1]