彦

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

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

  1. elegant

References [edit]

  • 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

Japanese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

Kanji [edit]

彦 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings [edit]

Synonyms [edit]

References [edit]

  • 1985 May 16 [c. 3rd century], Michihiro Ishihara, Shintei Gishi Wajinden: Chūgoku Seishi Nihonden (1) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-334011-6, page p. 105-106:

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

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

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

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